Does flaring at oil and gas drilling sites reduce emissions by 95%?
www.denverpost.com
Colorado regulators and oil and gas companies say enclosed combustion devices, or flares, eliminate 95% of the harmful emissions produced by an oil well. But environmentalists aren't so sure.
  • federal reverse@feddit.org
    5·
    3 days ago

    Don’t worry about the lack of a 95% reduction, the incoming federal admin will do its utmost to deregulate anyway. Real GOOD people, the best 👍👍👍

  • Schmoo@slrpnk.net
    4·
    3 days ago

    It may not be this particular case, but I remember looking into something similar before where an oil and gas company claimed a similar reduction in emissions at one of their plants, but the fine print made clear that the number came from a device installed on only one of several exhaust towers that was only able to operate for short periods of time, and was removed shortly after getting the publicity because it was considered too expensive to maintain.