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Exposing the Environmental Costs of Offshore Oil: Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Oil Slicks, and Flaring

As part of the Open Ocean Project, SkyTruth is making detailed data about threats from floating production and storage vessels (FxOs) and conventional fixed infrastructure available to the public for the first time. Building on our earlier work to map the locations of all offshore infrastructure published in Nature in 2024, we have analyzed satellite imagery to quantify three core elements of the offshore oil and gas sector’s environmental footprint:

  1. Oil pollution: The presence of oil on the water around offshore facilities; naming the most severely-polluting infrastructure sites in the world for the first time.
  2. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions: This includes emissions from the operation of offshore oil and gas (O&G) facilities and the vessels that support them.
  3. Methane flaring by offshore oil facilities: The commonplace practice of burning off unwanted methane generates  CO2 as a byproduct, which contributes to climate change.



View a summary of the report here or download the report and graphics here.

Coral Triangle at Risk: Fossil Fuel Threats and Impacts

Oil and gas expansion threatens ocean life in one of world’s most biodiverse marine regions, warns new report. Fossil fuel development in the Coral Triangle overlaps with environmentally-sensitive areas, threatening marine biodiversity and human livelihoods. Oil and gas concessions and production areas in the Coral Triangle region overlap with tens of thousands of kilometers of marine protected areas, which include mangroves, coral reefs, and seagrass habitats, according to new analysis from SkyTruth, Earth Insight, CEED Philippines, and others.


View a summary of the report here or download the report and graphics here.

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Tanker Falsifies and Disables AIS Tracking To Hide Entries Into Russian Ports While Leaving a Trail of Pollution in European Waters

The Liberian-flagged tanker NEW SUNRISE is currently broadcasting a false location in the Persian Gulf after leaving a trail of oily waste and unanswered questions regarding its activities in European waters over the past few months.

Analysis fueled by SkyTruth and Global Fishing Watch reveals that the operators of the NEW SUNRISE petrochemical tanker falsified their Automatic Identification System (AIS) position broadcast between November 14 and November 25, 2024, as well as between February 4, 2025 and the date of this publication (February 18, 2025).