Global flaring emissions from upstream oil and gas production increased by 7% from 2022 to 2023, reversing a positive trend. The Middle East, Africa, and Russia accounted for 70% of total flaring ...

Gas flaring, a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, saw a significant increase in 2023, reaching the highest level since 2019. The World Bank's Zero Routine Flaring initiative, endorsed by ...

Each year, gas flaring, the burning of natural gas associated with oil extraction, emits more than 400 million tons of CO2 equivalent emissions, including methane and other pollutants. Despite some ...

An energy policy expert, Prof. Ken Ife, says Nigeria is poised to turn decades of gas flaring from waste into wealth under its 2026–2030 National Development ...

24 April 2006 — As world leaders gather in Washington, DC, for the World Bank-IMF Spring meetings to tackle issues such as the impact of climate change and the efficient use of clean energy, the ...

WASHINGTON, June 20, 2024 — In 2023, the amount of gas flared worldwide rose by nine billion cubic meters (bcm) to 148 bcm, its highest level since 2019. The increase resulted in an additional 23 ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have introduced an $850 million initiative to reduce methane emissions from oil and natural gas operations, available ...

Since oil development exploded in western North Dakota, a persistent issue has been flaring. The U.S. Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration says approximately 1 percent of all natural ...

Anyone aware of our country’s journey through gas flaring and the many failed attempts to end it would not be moved by the latest government-set deadline—2030. We set out on this path many years ago, ...

Gas flaring in the Niger Delta continues unabated, causing significant harm to local communities, according to His Royal Majesty Bubawaye Dakolo Agada IV, Chairman of the Bayelsa State Traditional ...

The chairman of the Bayelsa State Traditional Rulers Council, also known as Ibemanaweri of Ekpetiama Kingdom, His Royal Majesty Bubawaye Dakolo Agada IV, stated that gas flaring, which poses a ...