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What a waste: Gas flaring

Flaring occurs most
frequently and in order
of magnitude: Russia,
Iraq, Iran and the USA.

Wasted gas through

flaring every day in
150 billion cubic North Dakota alone is
metres of natural gas is enough to heat 100,000
flared into the atmosphere homes daily in
each year - almost the USA.
one third of the EU’s
total gas consumption.
Methane from gas flaring
contributes the CO2
equivalent of 200 million cars
In the Niger Delta, into the atmosphere. Almost
2 million people live the total number of cars
within 2.5 miles of a in Europe.
gas flare.

Gas flared in Nigeria The 150 billion cubic metres

could meet the power flared worldwide each year is
or cooking needs of the equivalent of three
320 million people. quarters of Russia’s
gas exports.

The amount of gas flared worldwide each

year equates to the potential value of
$20bn USD. That’s more than the
nominal GDP of 36 African countries.
Sources: Standford, Worldbank, DW.com, CNBC, EA Journals

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