The Saudi Arabian petroleum and national gas company, Saudi Aramco, emitted roughly 61 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent between 1965 and 2018. The leading carbon majors are all fossil fuel companies, with the top twenty polluters emitting almost 500 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in the past half a century. This is roughly 35 percent of the global total emissions produced during this period.
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Climate Accountability Institute. (December 1, 2020). Select fossil fuel companies based on greenhouse gas emissions worldwide between 1965 and 2018 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 30, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1058434/leading-ghg-emissions-fossil-fuel-companies-globally/
Climate Accountability Institute. "Select fossil fuel companies based on greenhouse gas emissions worldwide between 1965 and 2018 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)." Chart. December 1, 2020. Statista. Accessed November 30, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1058434/leading-ghg-emissions-fossil-fuel-companies-globally/
Climate Accountability Institute. (2020). Select fossil fuel companies based on greenhouse gas emissions worldwide between 1965 and 2018 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 30, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1058434/leading-ghg-emissions-fossil-fuel-companies-globally/
Climate Accountability Institute. "Select Fossil Fuel Companies Based on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Worldwide between 1965 and 2018 (in Billion Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1058434/leading-ghg-emissions-fossil-fuel-companies-globally/
Climate Accountability Institute, Select fossil fuel companies based on greenhouse gas emissions worldwide between 1965 and 2018 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1058434/leading-ghg-emissions-fossil-fuel-companies-globally/ (last visited November 30, 2021)
