Much potential to reduce methane emissions European energy industry

Photo: Environmental Defense Fund - The oil industry in Romania has an enormous potential for reducing methane emissions. This has been demonstrated by a team of scientists led by Professor Thomas Röckmann from Utrecht University. In 2019, the amount of methane emitted by the Romanian oil industry was equal to the amount of methane emitted by all other European oil industries combined. The research was funded by the Environmental Defense Fund and published on 20 September in the scientific Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics . Romania is a major European oil producer. The country discovered early in its history how to produce oil on a large scale. Today, Romania manufactures about 3.3 million tons of oil per year.