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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/17/cop28-host-uae-breaking-its-own-ban-on-routine-gas-flaring-data-shows>
"State-run oil and gas fields in the United Arab Emirates have been flaring gas
virtually daily despite having committed 20 years ago to a policy of zero
routine flaring, the
Guardian can reveal.
The UAE is hosting the UN Cop28 summit, which starts on 30 November, and Sultan
Al Jaber, the CEO of the state oil company Adnoc, will preside over the
international negotiations to urgently tackle the climate crisis.
Flaring is the burning of extracted gas that is not captured and sold, and it
has been called “wasteful and polluting” by the World Bank. Flaring occurs when
no equipment has been installed to capture it or when gas has to be
unexpectedly released for safety reasons. Flaring also allows the escape of
some unburned methane gas, which is a powerful greenhouse gas.
One field, Adnoc LNG, flared gas on more than 99% of the days monitored by
satellite from 2018 to 2022, according to data produced for the
Guardian by
the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (Crea). One expert said this
was routine flaring “by any normal definition”.
The analysis assessed flaring in 32 oil and gas fields in the UAE, 20 of which
are run by Adnoc. It shows four fields flared on at least 97% of the days for
which data was available, which was most days as measurements were interrupted
by cloud cover on only one day in five.
The World Bank runs an initiative to achieve zero routine flaring by 2030. The
UAE and Adnoc are not members, though nearby states and companies are,
including Bahrain and Saudi Aramco."
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