Climate Adaptation
Texas Clampdown on Gas Flaring Falls Short of Total Prohibition
- Oil majors BP, Shell called for an end to routine gas flaring
- Changes are to application form not state’s flaring rule
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Texas’s oil regulator took action to reduce routine natural gas flaring but its efforts fall short of more aggressive measures requested by some investors and major producers.
The Railroad Commission of Texas changed the application form for producers wanting to burn off excess gas, it said in a statement. Producers will have to provide more detailed reasons on why they want to flare as well as more data and show efforts to reduce emissions.