The most polluting oil and gas fields

Ranking of the oil and gas fields with the biggest volumes of flaring emissions between 2012 and 2022 in 18 countries of Africa and the Middle East*, in millions tons of CO₂ equivalent.

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* South Africa, Mozambique, Angola, Nigeria, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Iraq, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar.

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