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: Ialongo, Iolanda, Stepanova, Nadezhda, Hakkarainen, Janne, Virta, Henrik, Gritsenko, Daria
• Other Authors: Aleksanteri Institute - Finnish Centre for Russian and East European Studies
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2022
• Subjects: 1172 Environmental sciences; 1181 Ecology; evolutionary biology; Sakha; Yuryakh; Sakha Republic; Siberia
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/339480

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 practice despite regulatory policies. We present the first analysis of nitrogen oxide and methane emissions over Tas-Yuryakh and Talakan oil fields in Sakha Republic (Eastern Siberia, Russia) using multi-satellite observations. Peer reviewed