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EPA-annual-emissions_1B2a_Petroleum·dataset

U.S. Methane From Oil Systems (2012)

Gridded 2012 EPA Methane Emissions - Petroleum
atmosphere NASA VEDA COG
In plain English

What it measures. A map of 2012 methane emissions across the U.S. from petroleum systems, covering oil production, transportation, and refining (not counting fuel burning).

How it's made. Compiled by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency into a gridded national emissions inventory.

How & where you'd use it. Helps researchers and policymakers locate methane leaking from the oil industry.

What's measured

EPAannualemissions1B2aPetroleum

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2012-01-01 → 2012-12-31
  • Spatial extent-130, 20, -60, 55
  • FormatsCOG

What you can do with it

  • Map air pollutants — NO₂, aerosols, ozone
  • Track greenhouse gases and Earth's energy budget
  • Feed weather and air-quality analysis
Official description

Non-combustion emissions from sector 1B2a for petroleum systems, including production, transportation, and refining.

Get the data

veda_access.py
# NASA VEDA — open STAC API, anonymous (cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs)
from pystac_client import Client

cat = Client.open("https://openveda.cloud/api/stac")
col = cat.get_collection("EPA-annual-emissions_1B2a_Petroleum")
items = list(col.get_items())          # browse the analysis-ready COGs
# open an asset with rioxarray:
# import rioxarray; da = rioxarray.open_rasterio(items[0].assets["cog_default"].href)
NASA VEDA is an open STAC catalog — browse and stream the cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs anonymously (no login).