• The Oilfield That Made the Ocean Burn Last Year Is Now Spewing Methane

    The Oilfield That Made the Ocean Burn Last Year Is Now Spewing Methane

    A huge oilfield in the Gulf of Mexico, which caused a hellish fire in the ocean last year, has been releasing massive amounts of planet-warming methane. Reuters reported last week on satellite data that shows that the Ku-Maloob-Zaap oilfield leaked 44,064 tons of methane into the atmosphere over the course of 24 days in August.…