SO2,
tonnes

Exploration of oil

Refining/storage

Exploration of gas

Flaring

Total

1990

0.00001

6670

0.0145

944

7614

1991

0.00000

5426

0.0000

927

6353

1992

0.00002

6294

0.0000

936

7230

1993

0.00000

5052

0.0000

1191

6243

1994

0.00000

8532

0.0000

521

9053

1995

0.00001

6044

0.0000

203

6247

1996

0.00001

5228

0.0000

219

5447

1997

0.00000

3964

0.0000

139

4103

1998

0.00002

2882

0.0000

71

2953

1999

0.00002

2718

0.0000

52

2770

2000

0.00001

1962

0.0003

52

2014

2001

NO

1344

NO

47

1391

2002

0.00000

664

0.0448

69

733

2003

NO

492

NO

97

589

2004

NO

238

NO

55

293

2005

0.00001

780

0.0036

297

1077

2006

NO

1574

NO

258

1832

2007

NO

1856

NO

527

2383

2008

NO

1974

NO

437

2411

2009

0.00000

962

0.0000

514

1476

2010

NO

2038

NO

327

2365

2011

NO

2357

NO

272

2629

2012

NO

1778

NO

175

1953

2013

0.00001

1118

0.0000

166

1284

2014

NO

963

NO

399

1361

2015

0.00000

860

0.0001

126

986

2016

NO

706

NO

127

833

2017

NO

1638

NO

116

1754

2018

NO

2364

NO

112

2476

2019

NO

1582

NO

115

1697

2020

NO

1142

NO

224

1367

2021

NO

726

NO

107

833

2022

NO

758

NO

134

892

2023

NO

3419

NO

162

3580

2024

NO

2075

NO

250

2325

last updated:

25-02-2026

 

 

 

NO: not occuring