Daytime and nighttime satellite imagery shows the burning of methane that goes together with the oil extraction process.
Published Sep 14, 2012
The Eagle Ford Shale is one of several gas and oil plays in North America that has taken on new life due to horizontal drilling technology and fracking.
Published Mar 23, 2016
Rigs gather oil and natural gas from Bahía de Campeche.
Published Jan 27, 2017
Cities and people are scarce in northwestern North Dakota, but nighttime satellite imagery shows the Bakken Formation aglow with brightly-lit drilling equipment.
Published Dec 27, 2012
The harsh climate of the northern Caspian Sea—and gas rich in corrosive hydrogen sulfide—has complicated efforts to tap one of the largest gas and oil reserves discovered in decades.
Published Oct 28, 2015
Gas flares outshine cities in the Niger River Delta of West Africa.
Published Mar 13, 2014
The largest of Kuwait’s oil fields produces about 1.6 million barrels of oil a day.
Published Jan 4, 2014
Methane is one of the most potent—and surprising—greenhouse gases.
Published Mar 15, 2016
The observation by the Earth Observing-1 satellite is an important breakthrough as scientists work to measure and monitor emissions of this potent greenhouse gas from space.
Published Jun 24, 2016
Waste natural gas from industrial oil and gas fields could be a source of nitrogen dioxide and black carbon pollution, according to new research.
Published Apr 27, 2016
Magma rising within this volcano (along the border between Chile and Argentina) led to explosions and a plume of volcanic gases.
Published Jan 7, 2013
Only slightly lighter than the tan and orange desert beneath it, a dust storm sweeps over much of southern Iraq and part of Saudi Arabia in this image from January 25, 2010.
Published Jan 26, 2010
Swampy areas in the West Siberian Basin are some of Russia’s most important sources of crude oil and natural gas.
Published Oct 18, 2016
Continuing paroxysms on Mount Etna have covered its southeastern slopes in a layer of volcanic debris.
Published Mar 25, 2013
In recent years, oil fires have cast a dark pall over northern Iraq’s arid landscape.
Published Sep 2, 2016
Acquired September 26 and 27, 2009, these images provide two views of a filament or prominence erupting from the Sun. One view shows a relatively dark filament against the bright background of the Sun. The other view shows the bright prominence against the blackness of space.
Published Oct 16, 2009
The volcano has been erupting since January 2005, with near constant venting from fumaroles, punctuated by minor steam, gas, and ash emissions.
Published Mar 5, 2020
Rapid growth from 2008–2017 built upon the rise in the atmospheric concentration of the gas that has been happening for more than a century.
Published Jul 15, 2020
