Sentences with phrase «methane from oil fields»

Not exact matches

Just as oil and natural gas fields have been found to be emitting more methane than official government estimates suggest, a new study shows that more methane than previously thought may be leaking from the other end of that system — cities, where people actually use natural gas for heating and cooking.

I've been quick to credit BP for its aggressive measures to stanch leaks of methane from its oil and gas fields.

For instance, Nixon states that «it was argued by some that [methane and carbon dioxide emissions from flaring in Nigerian oil fields during the 1990s] was the single greatest contributor worldwide to climate change».