SMALLER-SCALE SOLUTIONS TO ROUTINE FLARING NEEDED
November 1st, 2014
AROUND 140 billion cubic metres of associated natural gas from oil production is still burned off annually, according to World Bank analysis of satellite images from the United States’ (US) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.Flares light up the night sky in regions such as the Arabian Desert and America’s Bakken formation in North Dakota, where shale oil production is booming.Apart from discharging greenhouse gases, flaring – and venting, where unburned natural gas is released - wastes a resource that could instead produce electricity, ...
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