Could North Dakota be a model for how to reduce flaring?
http://trib.com/business/energy/could-north-dakota-be-a-model-for-how-to-reduce/article_441dd743-5cb4-5504-8d42-1934f2a852a3.html
...Alaska, Texas and Wyoming, by contrast, flared fewer than 2 percent of their production, according to the Western Organization of Resource Councils, a coalition of landowner groups across the West....
The strategy, implemented last year, sets a statewide flaring target, empowers regulators to curtail production if companies do not meet the state goal and calls on firms to submit plans for how they intend to capture gas before a well is drilled.
At the beginning of 2014, 36 percent of North Dakota’s production was flared. By year’s end that figure was 24 percent....
The state’s regulations allow companies to flare unlimited amounts for 15 days after a well comes online. A firm can apply for a permit to flare up to 250,000 cubic feet daily for the first six months. A second permit is needed after six months if firms are to burn off more than 60,000 cubic feet daily.....
These are details. The bigger point is the industry could be developed to allow the USA to be the global advantaged exporter.