Flaring gas just bothers me. Maybe I should buy a couple of those well head gas capture/compression machines?
What prevents US oil companies from charging what ever they need for natural gas? Are US consumers going to go elsewhere to buy their gas?
Are power plants going to switch bavpck to coal?
It is a waste, I agree. There’s regulatory pressure building on venting and flaring. Unlike CO2, methane really is a greenhouse gas, plus it contains some fractions that can be toxic, like benzene.
The industry is steadily starting to implement capture rather than flaring. The problem is then transporting it. The flaring and venting happens at a stage of development that typically comes well before there is a gathering line to take the gas away.