More than 1,000 human-caused methane super-emitter events were detected in 2022

Emissions rate in tonnes of methane an hour, by source

Oil and gas

Coal

Waste

434 tonnes

200

427 Turkmenistan

57 Kazakhstan

Unknown

121 China

434

India

120 tonnes an hour US

7 November: a huge leak in a pipe in the Pennsylvania fracking fields ran for 13 days

356 Iraq

9 September: an oil refinery near Basra appeared to be the source of a colossal leak

371 Bangladesh

Oil and gas

Coal

Waste

434 tonnes

200

427 Turkmenistan

57 Kazakhstan

Unknown

121 China

434

India

371 Bangladesh

120 tonnes an hour US

7 November: a huge leak in a pipe in the Pennsylvania fracking fields ran for 13 days

356 Iraq

9 September: an oil refinery near Basra appeared to be the source of a colossal leak

Oil and gas

Coal

Waste

434 tonnes

200

Unknown

57 Kazakhstan

427 Turkmenistan

434

India

121 China

356 tonnes an hour Iraq

9 September: an oil refinery near Basra appeared to be the source of a colossal leak

371 Bangladesh

120 US, 7 November

A huge leak in a pipe in the Pennsylvania fracking fields ran for 13 days