Gas Flaring In Permian Basin Nearly 2X What Industry Reports; ND Flaring @ New Record In 2018

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In 2018, the oil and gas industry operating in North Dakota’s Bakken Shale burned off record amounts of natural gas, largely obtained via hydraulic fracturing (fracking). This process, known as flaring, costs the industry money — it literally burns one of the products being pumped out of the ground — but more importantly, the resulting release of globe-warming emissions of carbon dioxide and methane spells disaster for the climate. And a new analysis of satellite evidence indicates the industry is likely underreporting how much gas it is actually flaring in the Permian Shale, with implications for other oil fields.

According to the Bismarck Tribune, the amount of gas flared in North Dakota in October was enough to heat 4.25 million homes in America. And while the fracking industry in North Dakota is flaring the most gas in the nation, it's not the only place this is a growing issue. Flaring reportedly also doubled in 2018 in the booming Permian Shale in Texas and New Mexico, with an estimated $1 million a day of gas burned off.

In addition, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) recently analyzed satellite data and concluded that the industry is likely underreporting the actual volumes of gas flared in the Permian. EDF says that the real numbers are closer to double what the industry reports.



This increase in flaring is just one more example of how the oil and gas industry has recklessly pushed forward with the so-called “shale revolution,” producing record amounts of oil while losing money and showing blatant disregard for the environment and climate along the way. It is also an excellent example of how federal and state regulators are allowing this to happen.

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https://www.desmogblog.com/2019/01/29/fracking-industry-gas-flaring-problem

[mountain grammy]

1. Caring for my father in law in Kermit TX

about 30 miles from Odessa. we ignored a gas leak in the house because we smelled gas all the time.We finally realized it and fixed the leak, but still smelled gas all the time. Husband remembers growing up in the area, the teenagers would congregate at the "the flame." Just a place in the desert, not far from the refinery where gas poured out of the ground.. light a match, put some rock and roll on the radio and dance the night away.. ahhh, the innocence of the 60's .

The Permian Basin stinks but my brother in law says, it's the smell of money and that's what god wants.. so, as the article says:

Or as Matt Watson of the Environmental Defense Fund explained to The New York Times: “This is a complete dismantling of federal methane regulation in the United States.”

Wow.

[2naSalit]

2. Fuckers...nt