The massive flames, often seen towering above oil fields, can burn for years.

By Isaac Anyaogu LAGOS, June 23 (Reuters) - Global gas flaring rose to a six-year high in 2025, driven by increases in Russia and Iran, according to World Bank data, hindering efforts to end by the ...

Gas flaring, a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, saw a significant increase in 2023, reaching the highest level since 2019. The World Bank's Zero Routine Flaring initiative, endorsed by ...

The latest Global Gas Flaring Tracker, an independent report of gas flaring worldwide, reveals that global gas flaring rose for the third consecutive year in 2025, reaching 167 billion cubic meters ...

For decades, Nigeria has pledged to end routine gas flaring and cut methane emissions. Yet, in the oil-producing communities ...

For decades, the sight of roaring flames lighting up the night sky in Nigeria’s Niger Delta has been both a symbol of oil wealth and a reminder of environmental neglect. Gas flaring, long treated as ...

The Management of Seplat Energy PL. says it has ended routine gas flaring across its onshore operations in Nigeria. The oil ...

Natural gas flaring, or burning, is commonly used in parts of the United States to dispose of the gas byproduct from oil extraction. The flare's combustion converts hydrocarbons to carbon dioxide and ...

Gas flaring in the Niger Delta continues unabated, causing significant harm to local communities, according to His Royal Majesty Bubawaye Dakolo Agada IV, Chairman of the Bayelsa State Traditional ...

SaskEnergy will be conducting controlled natural gas flaring at the Regina Storage Facility located within the RM of Sherwood ...

Capturing and using gas lost in global flaring, venting and leaking could be a $48 billion revenue opportunity, according to a new report from independent satellite monitoring and research company ...

At a Railroad Commission meeting last month, Commissioner Jim Wright chastised Callon Petroleum for flaring natural gas at a drilling site, saying it should “find a better solution.” But his comment ...