The EPA's annual draft inventory of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions report released in April shows that methane emissions from all petroleum systems decreased by over 28 percent since 1990 — including a decrease of emissions from petroleum production of around 8 percent from 2014 levels. (hydraulicfracturing.com)
His jagged hole in the ground, however, was the beginning of petroleum production as a great world industry. (treehugger.com)
Mr. Coutu said it's necessary to look at those figures from a global perspective, because additional Canadian petroleum production from the oil sands would be replacing production - and emissions - from elsewhere in the world. (theglobeandmail.com)