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Re:Millions of abandoned oil wells are leaking methane, a cl... by nogabebop23 on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @01:55PM (#23554478)
gas is far more efficient but very challenging to transport and store. Often it's far more economic to flare or release vs. try and get to some sort of consumption market.
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Re:Millions of abandoned oil wells are leaking methane, a cl... by Synaesthesia on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @02:51PM (#23555197)
That’s what they do in Nigeria, but it causes environmental problems as well as health problems like asthma.
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Re:Millions of abandoned oil wells are leaking methane, a cl... by dasm on Thursday June 18, 2020 @06:13PM (#23568715)
Not only in Nigeria. https://www.worldoil.com/news/2020/4/7/permian-gas-flaring-d...
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