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Flare and off-gas recovery: Overview

Why oil fields still burn billions of dollars of gas

What this tile covers Using gas that would otherwise be flared or vented.

Key facts

Waste energyFuel

Included from the reference tables

  • Flare gas recovery
  • Associated gas utilisation
  • Refinery off-gas recovery
  • Purge gas and hydrogen recovery
  • Coal mine methane capture

Linked to the material world

Gas Natural gas

Also in Pressure, motion and waste fuels

TX Pressure and flow recoveryRgn Regenerative braking and motion recoveryWtE Waste-to-energyCold LNG cold and cryogenic recovery

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