Flaring Drops Sharply

Associated Gas Flaring Drops Significantly

(S&P Global Platts) J. Robinson and Taylor Cavey (April 12): Over the past 16 months, flared volumes from U.S. associated gas basins have fallen by over 60%, led primarily by activity in just two basins the Permian and the Bakken. In the Permian, flaring declined to a multiyear low in Q1 2021, averaging just 170 mmcf/d. That is down from more than 400 mmcf/d in Q1 2020 and monthly levels as high as 820 mmcf/d at the height of West Texas drilling and completion activity. The decline in Permian flaring has been facilitated in large part by the growth in midstream capacity and an accompanying decline in pipeline congestion, allowing more gas to reach interstate markets. Link to Content