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$100 million worth of natural gas goes up in flames every month in North Dakota

2013-07-31 21:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: Amidst an oil and gas drilling boom in North Dakota, a new report suggests that nearly a third of the natural gas thats being sucked out of the ground is being wasted burned on site and flared away. The practice of flaring burning off natural gas instead of capturing and selling it is so rampant in the state that it is clearly visible from space. Reuters reports: Remote well locations, combined with historically low natural gas prices and the extensive time needed to develop pipeline networks,...

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