Methane Flux Estimates for Mexican Oil and Gas Systems

2010 yearly average methane (CH4) flux for Mexico's oil and gas systems. This data set provides bottom-up calculated emissions based on reports from the Mexican Petroleum Institute. It was published by NASA's Carbon Monitoring System via GES DISC in 2011.

Use Cases

• Modeling national methane budgets by integrating the yearly average CH4 flux from oil and gas systems.
• Comparing emission hotspots by analyzing the spatial concentration of flux data along Mexico's east coast.
• Assessing sector-specific contributions to atmospheric methane using the bottom-up calculation methodology.
• Supporting policy evaluation with flux estimates derived from official industry reports.

Strengths

• Data is derived from official industry reports by the Mexican Petroleum Institute.
• Focuses on a major emission sector with specific geographic concentration details.

Limitations

• Data is from a single year (2010), limiting temporal trend analysis.
• Unknown sample size or granularity of the underlying emission calculations.
• Spatial coverage is limited to Mexico, with no direct global comparators in this set.

Provenance

Source

NASA Carbon Monitoring System (CMS), GES DISC.

Collection Method

Bottom-up calculation based on oil/gas emissions reported by the Mexican Petroleum Institute.

Time Range

2010

Freshness

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Geography

Mexico, with concentrations along the east coast.