Greenhouse gas emissions in Norway increased 2.7% in 2007 from the previous year, data from Statistics Norway showed Tuesday, due primarily to carbon dioxide emission from flaring at StatoilHydro's ASA (STO) liquefied natural gas plant at Melkoeya.
Continued growth in road traffic as well as higher metal production also contributed, though these and the flaring at Melkoeya were partially offset by falling crude oil production and new technologies in the manufacturing sector.
Total Norwegian greenhouse gas emissions were 55.0 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalents in 2007, up 2.7%, or 1.5 million tons from 2006, and 11% higher than in 1990, preliminary figures from Statistics Norway showed.
The oil and manufacturing industries together with road traffic contributed 72% of this.