@article {621678,
	title = {Satellite-observed changes in Mexico{\textquoteright}s offshore gas flaring activitylinked to oil/gas regulations},
	journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
	year = {2019},
	abstract = {Gas flaring is a commonly-used practice in the oil and gas sector that leads to key air pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions. Here we use multi-pollutant (NO2, SO2) satellite observations from 2005{\textendash}2017 to quantify gas flaring activity in Mexico{\textquoteright}s offshore production cluster, which produces ~50{\textendash}70\% of the country{\textquoteright}s oil and is among the world{\textquoteright}s largest oil fields. We estimate annual flared-gas-volume ranging from 5.5{\textendash}20{\texttimes}109m3\&nbsp;over the Mexican offshore corresponding to \&gt; 40\% associated gas production, which is significantly larger than for instance offshore US where reportedly \&lt;3\% of associated gas is flared. The 13-year record of satellite-derived gas flaring indicates a drastic increase until 2008 and a decline afterwards. While the increased flaring is associated with efforts to enhance oil production, the post-2008 decline is linked to an expanding capacity of associated gas utilization, providing a continuing opportunity to reduce flaring for environmental and economic benefits.},
	url = {https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2018GL081145},
	author = {Zhang, Yuzhong and Ritesh Gautam and Zavala-Araiza, Daniel and Daniel J. Jacob and Zhang, Ruixiong and Lei Zhu and Sheng, Jian-Xiong and Tia Scarpelli}
}
