{"id":8014,"date":"2023-10-04T15:08:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T15:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/?p=8014"},"modified":"2023-11-10T07:24:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T07:24:12","slug":"centrecanadian-energy-producers-among-worlds-best-at-limiting-gas-flaring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/8014\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian energy producers among worlds\u2019 best at limiting gas flaring"},"content":{"rendered":"

RoydadNaft – <\/a><\/span>\u00a0Canada contributed just 0.7% of the global amount of gas flaring despite being the world\u2019s fourth-largest oil producer.<\/p>\n

This Fact Sheet analyzes the upstream oil industry\u2019s record on flaring in Canada relative to other top oil-producing countries. Gas flaring is the burning off of the natural gas that is generated in the process of oil extraction and production. Flaring is relevant because it is a source of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) (see Appendix).<\/p>\n

In 2022, 138,549 million cubic meters (m3) (or 139 billion cubic meters (bcm)) of flared gases were emitted worldwide, creating 350 million tonnes of CO2 emissions annually. Canada is a significant oil producer; it has the\u00a0third-largest<\/a>\u00a0proven crude oil reserves and is the fourthlargest crude oil producer in the world (Natural Resources Canada, undated), and so contributes to flaring.<\/p>\n

Flaring comparisons<\/h3>\n

This Fact Sheet uses World Bank data to provide international comparisons of flaring. It also draws on U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) crude oil production data to compare flaring among the top 10 crude oil producing countries.<\/p>\n

Table 1 shows gas flaring volumes in 2012 and 2022. In absolute terms, Russia recorded more flaring than any other country at 25,495 million m3 (25.4 bcm) in 2022, which was 1,628 million m3 (7 per cent) higher than in 2012.<\/p>\n

The four countries that are the top GHG emitters through flaring (Russia, Iraq, Iran, and Algeria) accounted for 50 per cent of global gas flaring in 2022.<\/p>\n

At 945 million m3, Canada was the eighth lowest flarer in 2022 (23rd spot out of the top 30 countries). It decreased its flaring emissions by 320 million m3 from the 2012 level of 1,264 million m3, a 25 per cent drop.<\/p>\n

In 2022, Canada contributed just 0.7 per cent of the global amount of gas flaring despite being the world\u2019s fourth largest oil producer (see Table 1).
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Sources: World Bank (undated)<\/h6>\n

Flaring declined worldwide between 2012 and 2022<\/h3>\n

Figure 1 shows the change in flaring volumes between 2012 and 2022. Nine countries flared more in 2022 than in 2012, while 21 countries flared less. In the last decade, the global flaring volume decreased by 3 per cent.<\/p>\n