#flaring — Public Fediverse posts
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#DJT is being delusional when he claims that within 3 days the pipes in #Iran's petro-gas infra will blow. #Iran might just allow the pipes to leak crude oil into the Persian gulf, impacting the littoral states of Persian gulf. Leaving them to deal with the spill. In case of Gas there is a concept called as #Flaring.
Whoever is advising #Trump either has his head up their backside or #Trump is making up stuff on the fly.
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#DJT is being delusional when he claims that within 3 days the pipes in #Iran's petro-gas infra will blow. #Iran might just allow the pipes to leak crude oil into the Persian gulf, impacting the littoral states of Persian gulf. Leaving them to deal with the spill. In case of Gas there is a concept called as #Flaring.
Whoever is advising #Trump either has his head up their backside or #Trump is making up stuff on the fly.
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#DJT is being delusional when he claims that within 3 days the pipes in #Iran's petro-gas infra will blow. #Iran might just allow the pipes to leak crude oil into the Persian gulf, impacting the littoral states of Persian gulf. Leaving them to deal with the spill. In case of Gas there is a concept called as #Flaring.
Whoever is advising #Trump either has his head up their backside or #Trump is making up stuff on the fly.
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#DJT is being delusional when he claims that within 3 days the pipes in #Iran's petro-gas infra will blow. #Iran might just allow the pipes to leak crude oil into the Persian gulf, impacting the littoral states of Persian gulf. Leaving them to deal with the spill. In case of Gas there is a concept called as #Flaring.
Whoever is advising #Trump either has his head up their backside or #Trump is making up stuff on the fly.
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Typically, drillers burn the #gas they don’t capture, converting the #methane to #CarbonDioxide, a less potent #GreenhouseGas, in a process called #flaring. Sometimes, they release the gas without burning it, in a process called #venting.
The permit applications showed #oil companies requested to flare or vent >195 billion cubic feet of #NaturalGas per year, enough to power >3 million homes & generate millions of dollars of tax revenue had the gas been captured.
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Gas #flaring created 389m tonnes of carbon pollution last year, report finds - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/18/gas-flaring-created-389m-tonnes-carbon-pollution-last-year-report we have the means to fix this, but not the political will #climatecrisis #methane
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Ghana Faces $100 Million Annual Loss Due to Gas Flaring, Says ActionAid #WestAfrica #ActionAid #annual #due #faces #Flaring #gas #Ghana #loss #million
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Das Abfackeln von Gasen bei der Öl- & Gasförderung, sog. #Flaring, ist ein großer Klimakiller: 381 Mio Tonnen CO2-Äquivalente weltweit im Jahr 2023. Das entspricht dem Jahresausstoß ganzer Länder wie Großbritannien. Ein Umwelt- & Gesundheitsdesaster.
Während Ölunternehmen weltweit Rekordprofite einfahren, leiden Bewohner*innen von Städten wie Basra im Irak unter schlechter Luftqualität, ausgelöst durch toxische Emissionen aus #Flaring. #Smog, #Krebs, #Asthma – das tägliche Leben wird zur Gefahr.
Warum flaren Unternehmen? Statt Gas weiterzuverarbeiten oder zu nutzen, wird es einfach verbrannt – aus Kostengründen. Dabei könnten diese Gase gereinigt und weiterverwendet werden. Profit geht vor #Klimaschutz und Gesundheit.
https://www.sciencemediacenter.de/angebote/22145
In westlichen Ländern ist #Flaring kaum ein Thema – dabei sind auch europäische Ölkonzerne wie #BP, #ENI und #TotalEnergies unter den größten Flaring-Sündern. Allein BP hat zwischen 2012 und 2022 mehr als 132 Mio Tonnen CO2-Äquivalente verursacht.
https://eiforum.org/wp-content/uploads/Burning-Skies-Investigation-Methodology.pdf
ALT: Logo der Burning Skies Recherche: ein Brennender Ölturm
https://eiforum.org/wp-content/uploads/Burning-Skies-Investigation-Methodology.pdf
Weltweit ist die Reduktion von Flaring-Emissionen bisher gescheitert. Die Zero Routine Flaring-Initiative der #Weltbank wird 2023 ignoriert: 7% mehr Emissionen als im Vorjahr. Der Druck auf Unternehmen & Regierungen, #Flaring zu beenden, muss steigen.
https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/zero-routine-flaring-by-2030
Unabhängige Recherchen zeigen: Viele Ölkonzerne weisen jede Verantwortung für die katastrophalen Folgen des Flarings zurück. In Berichten fehlen oft spezifische Daten zu Anlagen & Regionen. #Transparenz ist dringend notwendig. #Rumaila #BP #Flaring
https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2023/03/31/bp-oil-iraq/
Flaring-Emissionen haben auch immense Gesundheitsfolgen: Hohe Krankheitsraten, #Krebs, #Asthma – v.a. bei Kindern. Die sozialen Kosten liegen bei 7,4 Milliarden Dollar, über 700 vorzeitigen Todesfällen und 73.000 Asthmaerkrankungen pro Jahr. #Flaring
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10916426/
Eine bessere Überwachung von #Flaring wird durch moderne Satellitentechnologie möglich. Doch ohne strenge Regeln & #Sanktionen bleiben #Emissionsziele nur leere Worte. Flaring muss endlich effektiv kontrolliert und reduziert werden.
https://reset.org/methanesat-satellit-im-waschmaschinen-format-spuert-methanquellen-auf-der-erde-auf
Die #EU will mit ihrer #Methanstrategie #Flaring bei Öl- & Gasimporten reduzieren. Doch ohne verbindliche Sanktionen bleibt das Vorhaben zahnlos. Länder, die Öl importieren, tragen Mitverantwortung für die globalen Emissionen.
#Flaring ist nur die „sanftere“ Variante der Verschwendung. Unverbranntes #Methan, das direkt in die Atmosphäre gelangt, ist 80-mal klimaschädlicher als CO2 (auf 20 Jahre gerechnet). Gas müsste aufgefangen & weiterverarbeitet werden. #Klimakiller
https://www.dw.com/en/what-is-the-environmental-cost-of-gas-flaring/a-62959848
🔚 Es braucht institutionelle Verantwortung, #Sanktionen und echte #Transparenz. Nur so kann #Flaring systematisch überwacht und beendet werden – für den #Klimaschutz und die Gesundheit der Betroffenen. #Klimakrise #Nachhaltigkeit
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#Flaring ist ein Treiber der #Klimakrise und verantwortlich für massive Umwelt- und Gesundheitsschäden. Weltweit gibt es Studien und Berichte über #Leukämie und #Asthma bei Menschen, die in der Nähe der Förderstätten wohnen, besonders bei Kindern und Jugendlichen.
Die Recherche »Burning Skies« deckt erstmals die individuelle Verantwortung großer Ölgesellschaften für diese zerstörerische Praxis auf -
Towering flares at the Shell Deer Park chemical plant triggered by third-party steam reliability issues could last for several days, according to the company.
#EnergyEnvironment #News #Flaring #Shell #ShellDeerPark #TexasCommissionOnEnvironmentalQuality
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Towering flares at the Shell Deer Park chemical plant triggered by third-party steam reliability issues could last for several days, according to the company.
#EnergyEnvironment #News #Flaring #Shell #ShellDeerPark #TexasCommissionOnEnvironmentalQuality
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Towering flares at the Shell Deer Park chemical plant triggered by third-party steam reliability issues could last for several days, according to the company.
#EnergyEnvironment #News #Flaring #Shell #ShellDeerPark #TexasCommissionOnEnvironmentalQuality
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Towering flares at the Shell Deer Park chemical plant triggered by third-party steam reliability issues could last for several days, according to the company.
#EnergyEnvironment #News #Flaring #Shell #ShellDeerPark #TexasCommissionOnEnvironmentalQuality
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Towering flares at the Shell Deer Park chemical plant triggered by third-party steam reliability issues could last for several days, according to the company.
#EnergyEnvironment #News #Flaring #Shell #ShellDeerPark #TexasCommissionOnEnvironmentalQuality
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A large flare at a southeast Houston chemical plant Monday morning was caused by electrical issues after a power outage, officials said.
#Houston #Local #News #PublicSafety #ChemicalPlants #Flaring #TPC #TPCGroup
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#FossilFuel Companies Build Structures To Hide #Methane #Flaring From #Satellites
It is too expensive to capture the methane, but there is plenty of money to build large shelters over those flaring operations to hide what they are doing from those satellites.
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/05/03/fossil-fuel-companies-build-structures-to-hide-methane-flaring-from-satellites/ #climatechange -
> Energy companies operating in countries such as the US, UK, Germany and Norway appear to have installed technology that could stop researchers from identifying methane, carbon dioxide emissions and pollutants at industrial facilities involved in the disposal of unprofitable natural gas, known in the industry as flaring.
#Flaring #EnergyCompanies #MethaneEmissions #RegulatoryCapture
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"Energy companies across Europe are using new technology that hides when they’re burning greenhouse gases they don’t use, a new investigation shows, obscuring the emissions they release during the process. (...) Scientists and policymakers track these flares by using satellites (...) But by building long cylinders around the flames, companies prevent researchers from identifying these spots." #flaring
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Google joins mission to map #methane from space
Tech giant Google is backing a satellite project due to launch in March which will collect data about methane levels around the world.
By Zoe KleinmanTechnology editor
February 13, 2024"The new satellite will orbit 300 miles about the Earth, 15 times per day.
"#MethaneGas is believed by scientists to be a major contributor to #GlobalWarming, because it traps in heat.
"A lot of methane is produced by farming and waste disposal, but the Google project will focus on methane emissions at #oil and #gas plants.
"Firms extracting oil and gas regularly burn or vent methane.
"The new project is a collaboration between Google and the #EnvironmentalDefenseFund [#EDF], a non-profit global climate group.
"The data captured by the satellite will be processed by the tech giant's artificial intelligence tools and used to generate a methane map aimed at identifying methane leaks on oil and gas infrastructure around the world.
"But the firm said if it identified a significant leak it would not specifically notify the company which owned the infrastructure responsible for it.
"'Our job is to make information available,' it said, adding that governments and regulators would be among those with access to it and it would be for them to force any changes.
"There is no international rule on controlling methane emissions. The EU has agreed a set of proposals aimed at reducing them, which includes forcing oil and gas operators to repair leaks. In the #coal sector, #flaring will be banned in member states from 2025.
"Google's map, which will be published on its Earth Engine, will not be in real time, with data sent back from the satellite every few weeks.
"In 2017, the European Space Agency launched a similar satellite instrument called #Tropomi, which charts the presence of trace gases in the atmosphere, including methane.
"It was a mission with a minimum seven-year life span, which means it could end this year.
"#CarbonMapper, which uses Tropomi data, released a report in 2022 indicating that the biggest methane plumes were seen in #Turkmenistan, #Russia and the #US - but cloud cover meant the data did not include #Canada or #China.
"Google said it hoped its project would 'fill gaps between existing tools'."
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Google joins mission to map #methane from space
Tech giant Google is backing a satellite project due to launch in March which will collect data about methane levels around the world.
By Zoe KleinmanTechnology editor
February 13, 2024"The new satellite will orbit 300 miles about the Earth, 15 times per day.
"#MethaneGas is believed by scientists to be a major contributor to #GlobalWarming, because it traps in heat.
"A lot of methane is produced by farming and waste disposal, but the Google project will focus on methane emissions at #oil and #gas plants.
"Firms extracting oil and gas regularly burn or vent methane.
"The new project is a collaboration between Google and the #EnvironmentalDefenseFund [#EDF], a non-profit global climate group.
"The data captured by the satellite will be processed by the tech giant's artificial intelligence tools and used to generate a methane map aimed at identifying methane leaks on oil and gas infrastructure around the world.
"But the firm said if it identified a significant leak it would not specifically notify the company which owned the infrastructure responsible for it.
"'Our job is to make information available,' it said, adding that governments and regulators would be among those with access to it and it would be for them to force any changes.
"There is no international rule on controlling methane emissions. The EU has agreed a set of proposals aimed at reducing them, which includes forcing oil and gas operators to repair leaks. In the #coal sector, #flaring will be banned in member states from 2025.
"Google's map, which will be published on its Earth Engine, will not be in real time, with data sent back from the satellite every few weeks.
"In 2017, the European Space Agency launched a similar satellite instrument called #Tropomi, which charts the presence of trace gases in the atmosphere, including methane.
"It was a mission with a minimum seven-year life span, which means it could end this year.
"#CarbonMapper, which uses Tropomi data, released a report in 2022 indicating that the biggest methane plumes were seen in #Turkmenistan, #Russia and the #US - but cloud cover meant the data did not include #Canada or #China.
"Google said it hoped its project would 'fill gaps between existing tools'."
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Google joins mission to map #methane from space
Tech giant Google is backing a satellite project due to launch in March which will collect data about methane levels around the world.
By Zoe KleinmanTechnology editor
February 13, 2024"The new satellite will orbit 300 miles about the Earth, 15 times per day.
"#MethaneGas is believed by scientists to be a major contributor to #GlobalWarming, because it traps in heat.
"A lot of methane is produced by farming and waste disposal, but the Google project will focus on methane emissions at #oil and #gas plants.
"Firms extracting oil and gas regularly burn or vent methane.
"The new project is a collaboration between Google and the #EnvironmentalDefenseFund [#EDF], a non-profit global climate group.
"The data captured by the satellite will be processed by the tech giant's artificial intelligence tools and used to generate a methane map aimed at identifying methane leaks on oil and gas infrastructure around the world.
"But the firm said if it identified a significant leak it would not specifically notify the company which owned the infrastructure responsible for it.
"'Our job is to make information available,' it said, adding that governments and regulators would be among those with access to it and it would be for them to force any changes.
"There is no international rule on controlling methane emissions. The EU has agreed a set of proposals aimed at reducing them, which includes forcing oil and gas operators to repair leaks. In the #coal sector, #flaring will be banned in member states from 2025.
"Google's map, which will be published on its Earth Engine, will not be in real time, with data sent back from the satellite every few weeks.
"In 2017, the European Space Agency launched a similar satellite instrument called #Tropomi, which charts the presence of trace gases in the atmosphere, including methane.
"It was a mission with a minimum seven-year life span, which means it could end this year.
"#CarbonMapper, which uses Tropomi data, released a report in 2022 indicating that the biggest methane plumes were seen in #Turkmenistan, #Russia and the #US - but cloud cover meant the data did not include #Canada or #China.
"Google said it hoped its project would 'fill gaps between existing tools'."
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Google joins mission to map #methane from space
Tech giant Google is backing a satellite project due to launch in March which will collect data about methane levels around the world.
By Zoe KleinmanTechnology editor
February 13, 2024"The new satellite will orbit 300 miles about the Earth, 15 times per day.
"#MethaneGas is believed by scientists to be a major contributor to #GlobalWarming, because it traps in heat.
"A lot of methane is produced by farming and waste disposal, but the Google project will focus on methane emissions at #oil and #gas plants.
"Firms extracting oil and gas regularly burn or vent methane.
"The new project is a collaboration between Google and the #EnvironmentalDefenseFund [#EDF], a non-profit global climate group.
"The data captured by the satellite will be processed by the tech giant's artificial intelligence tools and used to generate a methane map aimed at identifying methane leaks on oil and gas infrastructure around the world.
"But the firm said if it identified a significant leak it would not specifically notify the company which owned the infrastructure responsible for it.
"'Our job is to make information available,' it said, adding that governments and regulators would be among those with access to it and it would be for them to force any changes.
"There is no international rule on controlling methane emissions. The EU has agreed a set of proposals aimed at reducing them, which includes forcing oil and gas operators to repair leaks. In the #coal sector, #flaring will be banned in member states from 2025.
"Google's map, which will be published on its Earth Engine, will not be in real time, with data sent back from the satellite every few weeks.
"In 2017, the European Space Agency launched a similar satellite instrument called #Tropomi, which charts the presence of trace gases in the atmosphere, including methane.
"It was a mission with a minimum seven-year life span, which means it could end this year.
"#CarbonMapper, which uses Tropomi data, released a report in 2022 indicating that the biggest methane plumes were seen in #Turkmenistan, #Russia and the #US - but cloud cover meant the data did not include #Canada or #China.
"Google said it hoped its project would 'fill gaps between existing tools'."
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Google joins mission to map #methane from space
Tech giant Google is backing a satellite project due to launch in March which will collect data about methane levels around the world.
By Zoe KleinmanTechnology editor
February 13, 2024"The new satellite will orbit 300 miles about the Earth, 15 times per day.
"#MethaneGas is believed by scientists to be a major contributor to #GlobalWarming, because it traps in heat.
"A lot of methane is produced by farming and waste disposal, but the Google project will focus on methane emissions at #oil and #gas plants.
"Firms extracting oil and gas regularly burn or vent methane.
"The new project is a collaboration between Google and the #EnvironmentalDefenseFund [#EDF], a non-profit global climate group.
"The data captured by the satellite will be processed by the tech giant's artificial intelligence tools and used to generate a methane map aimed at identifying methane leaks on oil and gas infrastructure around the world.
"But the firm said if it identified a significant leak it would not specifically notify the company which owned the infrastructure responsible for it.
"'Our job is to make information available,' it said, adding that governments and regulators would be among those with access to it and it would be for them to force any changes.
"There is no international rule on controlling methane emissions. The EU has agreed a set of proposals aimed at reducing them, which includes forcing oil and gas operators to repair leaks. In the #coal sector, #flaring will be banned in member states from 2025.
"Google's map, which will be published on its Earth Engine, will not be in real time, with data sent back from the satellite every few weeks.
"In 2017, the European Space Agency launched a similar satellite instrument called #Tropomi, which charts the presence of trace gases in the atmosphere, including methane.
"It was a mission with a minimum seven-year life span, which means it could end this year.
"#CarbonMapper, which uses Tropomi data, released a report in 2022 indicating that the biggest methane plumes were seen in #Turkmenistan, #Russia and the #US - but cloud cover meant the data did not include #Canada or #China.
"Google said it hoped its project would 'fill gaps between existing tools'."
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Meanwhile at the #US EPA:
"#EPA's new policies would ban routine #flaring of natural gas produced by newly drilled oil wells, require oil companies to monitor for #leaks from well sites and compressor stations and establishes a program to use third party remote sensing to detect large #methane releases from so-called "#SuperEmitters," the agency said in a statement."
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#OilAndGas emissions in #Utah a threat to public health, report says
#Pollutants released into the atmosphere with excess #NaturalGas create smog and endanger public health, especially in #Duschesne and #Uintah counties.
by Anastasia Hufham, Oct. 21, 2023
"When natural gas producers waste gas and emit #methane in Utah, it’s not only the economy that suffers, according to a report. Air quality, public health and the environment lose out, too.
"'It’s not just methane,' Ashley Miller, executive director of Breathe Utah, told The Salt Lake Tribune. 'It’s other hazardous #AirPollutants that we really care about for public health. When you have a real serious air quality problem in these areas, there’s people living in these areas, and we want to protect human health as much as we can.'
"In 2016, the report says, air pollution from the oil and gas industry led to eight deaths per million, as well as 1,040 asthma exacerbations per million among #children.
"Oil and gas production sites emit what are called volatile organic compounds, or #VOCs, according to the report, when companies release natural gas into the atmosphere through #flaring, #venting and #leaking.
"Volatile organic compounds create ground-level #ozone, better known as #smog, which is a major public health concern in Utah. The report notes that volatile organic compounds in smog can worsen respiratory conditions, like #asthma, and even cause #HeartDisease. Also, #benzene, another pollutant released during oil and gas production, has been proven to cause #cancer.
The report was published by Synapse Energy Economics, Inc., a research and consulting firm; the Environmental Defense Fund, a nonprofit focused on finding solutions to environmental pollution; and Taxpayers for Common Sense, a nonpartisan watchdog group that advocates for the responsible use of taxpayer dollars.
"The report states that Utah’s #FossilFuel producers released 16 billion cubic feet of natural gas in 2019, and 87% was lost from wells leaking natural gas due to faulty equipment.
"Duschesne and Uintah counties — where 85% of oil and gas wells are concentrated in the state — received F grades from the American Lung Association’s State of the Air report this year. Those two counties cover the Uinta Basin, where the #Uintah and #Ouray Indian Reservation is also located.
"'We really understand the importance and value of the fossil fuel industry in Utah, especially to those communities where it’s really the only source of revenue and jobs,' Miller said.
"Petroleum production in the Uinta Basin isn’t slowing down. The oil industry is booming in Duschesne and Uintah counties, and statewide oil and gas employment grew by 16% between 2021 and 2022.
"Emissions from oil and gas production also have concerning environmental impacts. Oil and gas production is a large emitter of methane, a #GreenhouseGas more powerful than carbon dioxide, which is the largest component of natural gas.
"The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a proposal to reduce methane emissions by ensuring that wells are checked frequently for leaks using monitoring equipment. The proposal would also require companies to continue monitoring wells for emissions until they are plugged after production."
https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2023/10/21/oil-gas-emissions-utah-threat/
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Regulations are crucial for reducing #emissions.
"The NSTA started benchmarking #flaring performance in 2020 and the following year issued guidance stating that all new developments should have no routine flaring and #venting, with zero routine flaring across all North Sea platforms, whether new or existing, by 2030 at the latest."
#NaturalGas #FossilGas #OilProduction #FossilFuels #ClimateChange
https://drillingcontractor.org/flaring-in-the-north-sea-fell-to-just-22-bcf-in-2022-64788 -
A glaring error in methane flaring - Enlarge (credit: HHakim)
A common practice in the oil industr... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1885125 #greenhousegases #oilandgas #science #climate #flaring #energy
