This statistic displays the volume of greenhouse gas emissions from the global oil sector in 2017. In that year, around 1.1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent were emitted during the refining process in oil production worldwide.
Oil sector greenhouse gas emissions worldwide in 2017, by process (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)*
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Oil industry in the UKIEA. (November 13, 2018). Oil sector greenhouse gas emissions worldwide in 2017, by process (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 10, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/511633/oil-production-greenhouse-gas-emissions-worldwide/
IEA. "Oil sector greenhouse gas emissions worldwide in 2017, by process (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)*." Chart. November 13, 2018. Statista. Accessed May 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/511633/oil-production-greenhouse-gas-emissions-worldwide/
IEA. (2018). Oil sector greenhouse gas emissions worldwide in 2017, by process (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/511633/oil-production-greenhouse-gas-emissions-worldwide/
IEA. "Oil Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions Worldwide in 2017, by Process (in Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Nov 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/511633/oil-production-greenhouse-gas-emissions-worldwide/
IEA, Oil sector greenhouse gas emissions worldwide in 2017, by process (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/511633/oil-production-greenhouse-gas-emissions-worldwide/ (last visited May 10, 2024)
Oil sector greenhouse gas emissions worldwide in 2017, by process (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)* [Graph], IEA, November 13, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/511633/oil-production-greenhouse-gas-emissions-worldwide/