Satellite-based estimates of nitrogen oxide and methane emissions from gas flaring and oil production activities in Sakha Republic, Russia

• Published in: Atmospheric Environment: X
• Main Authors: Iolanda Ialongo, Nadezhda Stepanova, Janne Hakkarainen, Henrik Virta, Daria Gritsenko
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2021
• Subjects: Gas flaring; Oil extraction; TROPOMI; Nitrogen dioxide; Methane; Emissions; Environmental pollution; TD172-193.5; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Sakha; Yuryakh; Sakha Republic; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeaoa.2021.100114; https://doaj.org/article/22a2b911c21d4e75b4a93e915c07db5b

Crude oil production activities and associated petroleum gas (APG) flaring are responsible for significant air polluting and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and have negative effects on the environment and climate. In Russia, one of the world's major oil producers, APG flaring remains a routine...