Flaring management guidance

2 February 2022

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Associated natural gas is often flared (burned) during oil production, routinely or as the result of an unscheduled event. Gas flaring is a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from upstream operations. Successful flare reduction helps conserve a valuable natural resource that should be used for productive purposes, such as generating power, and can help lower emissions.

This Flaring management guidance, developed by Ipieca, IOGP and GGFR in partnership, outlines new developments in flaring management and reduction, and examines industry experiences with eliminating flaring, new technologies, business models, operational improvements and regulatory policy. It also features case studies and examples of positive change.

It aims to:

Raise awareness and understanding, and drive the adoption of flaring best practices
Identify and explore options for using technology to reduce flaring
Explore market approaches and business models for monetizing associated gas
Review and identify effective regulatory frameworks that facilitate reduced flaring
Document case studies and share best practices in flare reduction

The guidance contains three main sections, as follows:

Case studies of successful flaring reduction projects, technical support material and an extensive list of references are also included in the appendices.

Title		Type
	Flaring management guidance: a summary	Awareness brief	View

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Case studies

Explore high-level summaries in the drop-down boxes below, or download the PDF for detailed case studies, including background information, project descriptions, figures and outcomes.