This statistic displays the volume of greenhouse gas emissions that was emitted from global oil producing companies from 1988 to 2015. During this period, Saudi Arabia's Saudi Aramco emitted 40 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalents. A large volume of emissions occur during the extracting and refining of oil; the volume of greenhouse gas emissions has increased over the last decade.
Greenhouse gas emissions from oil companies worldwide from 1988 to 2015 (in gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalents)
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Oil industry in the UKSustainable Business. (March 13, 2017). Greenhouse gas emissions from oil companies worldwide from 1988 to 2015 (in gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalents) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/511677/oil-production-companies-greenhouse-gas-emissions-worldwide/
Sustainable Business. "Greenhouse gas emissions from oil companies worldwide from 1988 to 2015 (in gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalents)." Chart. March 13, 2017. Statista. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/511677/oil-production-companies-greenhouse-gas-emissions-worldwide/
Sustainable Business. (2017). Greenhouse gas emissions from oil companies worldwide from 1988 to 2015 (in gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalents). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/511677/oil-production-companies-greenhouse-gas-emissions-worldwide/
Sustainable Business. "Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Oil Companies Worldwide from 1988 to 2015 (in Gigatons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalents)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Mar 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/511677/oil-production-companies-greenhouse-gas-emissions-worldwide/
Sustainable Business, Greenhouse gas emissions from oil companies worldwide from 1988 to 2015 (in gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalents) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/511677/oil-production-companies-greenhouse-gas-emissions-worldwide/ (last visited April 25, 2024)
Greenhouse gas emissions from oil companies worldwide from 1988 to 2015 (in gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalents) [Graph], Sustainable Business, March 13, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/511677/oil-production-companies-greenhouse-gas-emissions-worldwide/