
World Bank Names 2023 Gas Flaring Rates as Worst in Five Years
Russia named leader in flaring, rates increased in all regions amid declining production. In 2023, associated petroleum gas (APG) flaring rates increased significantly and became the worst in five years, according to the World Bank report. In general, the volume of flared gas increased by 9 billion cubic meters, or …

Schlumberger: Launches Dedicated Business to Eliminate Oil and Gas Industry’s Methane and Routine Flare Emissions
New end-to-end emissions solutions business offers a unique range of solutions to help operators identify, quantify, report, and eliminate emissions as they work toward their decarbonization objectives. Schlumberger announced today the launch of Schlumberger End-to-end Emissions Solutions (SEES). The business offers a comprehensive set of services and cutting-edge technologies designed …
Statoil Committed to End Routine Flaring by 2030
Statoil and several other oil companies and nations joined together today to commit, for the first time, to end the practice of routine gas flaring at oil production sites by 2030. CEO Eldar Sætre represented Statoil at the signing at the World Bank in Washington together with Norwegian foreign minister …
Surgutneftegas: APG Usage at 99.2%
Surgut saw the Regional Conference for Europe and Central Asia on “The experience of the Russian oil companies in the effective use of associated petroleum gas” initiated by the Federal Supervisory Natural Resources Management Service and by the Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership (GGFR) with the support of the Government …
Flare Tip Right-Sizing: Soot-Free Flaring as APG Production Declines
TNK-Uvat has devised a methodology to achieve soot-free flaring of associated petroleum gas (APG) as its production declines. This has significantly reduced harmful atmospheric pollution and slashed the charges payable for APG flaring. The project won the TNK-BP Chairman’s Award for HSE 2012. The entire amount of APG produced at …
Salym Petroleum Development – APG – The Triple Energy Partnership
Salym Petroleum Development N.V. (SPD) developing Salym group of oil fields in Western Siberia has successfully implemented a gas utilization project. This unprecedented example of solving the issue of associated petroleum gas (APG) utilization is based on the mutual partnership between three private companies and on cooperation between business and …