Revealed: The North Sea oil giants fueling climate change with millions of tonnes in preventable emissions
Labour calls for flaring ban as documents obtained by Unearthed reveal the companies responsible for the climate-warming emissions spewing from North Sea rigs
Oil companies are burning huge volumes of natural gas in order to save money. Credit: Marten van Dijl / Greenpeace Revealed: The North Sea oil giants fueling climate change with millions of tonnes in preventable emissions
Labour calls for flaring ban as documents obtained by Unearthed reveal the companies responsible for the climate-warming emissions spewing from North Sea rigs
Oil companies are burning huge volumes of natural gas in order to save money. Credit: Marten van Dijl / Greenpeace
North Sea oil and gas firms are pumping out a coal plant’s worth of emissions each year through flaring and venting, an Unearthed investigation has revealed [1].
Figures obtained through Environmental Information Regulations requests show that almost 20m tonnes of CO2 equivalent were released in the five years to 2019. For the first time, the worst companies for flaring and venting can be named, with Repsol Sinopec, Total, Shell, BP and EnQuest in the top five.
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