Angola and Gabon Host Study to Map Methane Emissions

Luanda — A new study to expose the amount of methane extracted from oil wells on the coast of Angola and Gabon and help map emissions of this gas will soon be carried out by the United Nations (UN).

The announcement was made Monday by the International Observatory on Methane Emissions of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which aims to cover the regional gap of “lack of data on emissions in the oil and gas sector”.

The two countries join Nigeria in the group of main oil producers…