[bestintxas]

thanks. I suspect the economics is thin and is justifiable only with government intrusion.

[Smokin' Joe]

The more government intrusion, the more expensive it is to implement, and the more delays are imposed as overlapping agency authority necessitates a longer permitting process.

This is why private leases have seen a decrease in the amount of gas flared at the wellsite vs. recovered for market, for instance, and the Federal leases have actually seen an increase in the amount of gas flared. The gas is produced as a byproduct of oil production, and worth only a fraction of the value of the oil.

It is more complex on Federal Land to obtain permits to emplace the feeder pipelines to take the gas to processing facilities because of the different agencies involved.

[thackney]

It appears, some have mixed in NGLs, prior to shipment, maybe...