They burn the natural gas to get to the oil. Huge flames with black smoke cloud overhead. Can smell the smoke for miles. Right outside a US military base.
That is flaring gas. Depending on the well it will often release gas and oil at the same time. Many producers capture both the gas and oil witch is them sent to a refinery or gas processing into a multitude of products including plastics. Depending on the State there are variations on how you can flare that gas if you’re not capturing it. The US are the world leaders in utilizing all aspects of well production. If we are buying non US prodution it is guaranteed they will not be using best practices and in fact will be trashing the environment. Do you think the Russians give two shits about the environment?
They burn the natural gas to get to the oil. Huge flames with black smoke cloud overhead. Can smell the smoke for miles. Right outside a US military base.
That is flaring gas. Depending on the well it will often release gas and oil at the same time. Many producers capture both the gas and oil witch is them sent to a refinery or gas processing into a multitude of products including plastics. Depending on the State there are variations on how you can flare that gas if you’re not capturing it. The US are the world leaders in utilizing all aspects of well production. If we are buying non US prodution it is guaranteed they will not be using best practices and in fact will be trashing the environment. Do you think the Russians give two shits about the environment?
Considering just how much of it they control, no.
Probably causes pulmonary fibrosis or other lung problems