For a minute there I thought I had to get off my couch, when all the while the fact is we don't have to do anything much but keep things afloat for just a few decades more! In fact, we'd best shut up about PO, because if our offspring finds out we knew about it all along, they'll turn and wring our necks come 2036!
Joined: Feb 23, 2005 Posts: 491 Location: Winnipeg
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:19 pm Post subject: Natural gas flaring
Is there any relationship between the amount of natural gas flared and the rate of production from an oil field? Or is it a characteristic unique to each oil field?
Joined: Sep 19, 2007 Posts: 1090 Location: Land of the Tongva tribe
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:24 pm Post subject: Re: Natural gas flaring
It is totally unique to the field.
Some oil fields don't flare any natural gas while others flare a lot of natural gas.
Not all gas is flared. If there is a market for the gas then it is captured and sold. Gas is usually only flared when there is not a market for it and it is more expensive to pump it back into the ground.
It is also very regulated. Some areas cannot flare due to environmental reasons.
This is a good book for an intro to the oil and gas industry if you would like to learn more about it.
Joeltrout _________________ ENERGY is the basis of our industrial civilization and sustains our standard of living. It is the foundation stone of our national wealth. A nation starved of energy.....will be a nation of starving people.
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