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Related: About this forumNorth Dakota gas flaring has doubled - now creates CO2 equivalent to 1 million cars
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"The tremendous growth of unconventional oil production in North Dakota has also led to a rapid rise in the production of associated natural gas and natural gas liquids. A new Ceres report reveals that large and growing volumes of this gas are being burned off rather than sold, creating significant economic and environmental impacts.
The new report, Flaring Up, analyzes oil and gas production data published by the North Dakota Industrial Commission and calculates that volumes of flared gas more than doubled between May 2011 and May 2013. In 2012 alone, flaring resulted in the loss of approximately $1 billion in fuel and the greenhouse gas emissions equivalent of adding nearly one million cars to the road.
The report projects that, without large-scale mitigation effort on behalf of industry and regulators, flaring will continue to grow over the next several years, despite calls from investors, policymakers and community members to curb the economically inefficient and environmentally harmful practice."
https://www.ceres.org/press/press-releases/new-report-north-dakota-natural-gas-flaring-more-than-doubles-in-two-years
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North Dakota gas flaring has doubled - now creates CO2 equivalent to 1 million cars (Original Post)
wtmusic
Jul 2013
OP
They burn it off instead of selling, but they still want to frack the northeast. This is absurd. nt
adirondacker
Jul 2013
#5
pscot
(21,024 posts)1. Quick 'n dirty
In a well regulated society, they'd be in jail
wtmusic
(39,166 posts)2. Has Obama said a word about this practice?
Asleep at the environmental wheel.
pscot
(21,024 posts)3. He probably golfs
with Aubrey McClendon.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)4. And to think, that's in the middle of effective wilderness.
Talk about light pollution.
adirondacker
(2,921 posts)5. They burn it off instead of selling, but they still want to frack the northeast. This is absurd. nt
Champion Jack
(5,378 posts)6. You should see it around here
They are running 24/7 to tear up, destroy and poison as much property as they can and for what? Nat gas prices are too low to make this economical...and they flare off massive amounts of gas
stuntcat
(12,022 posts)7. k & r for Humanity
oh the pride!
"without large-scale mitigation effort on behalf of industry and regulators, flaring will continue to grow over the next several years, despite calls from investors, policymakers and community members to curb the economically inefficient and environmentally harmful practice."
yay.
Nihil
(13,508 posts)8. Don't worry, there's plenty more where that came from!
Oh ... wait ...