Environment Report 2019

Flare gas is reported under EEMS as either routine, maintenance, process upsets, well testing or gross, as shown in Figure 3. Gross is reported when a breakdown is not available and could therefore be the result of any of the categories. Many installations are fitted with technology that allows for routine flaring, in line with policy at the time of design and commissioning. Retrospective changes to the design of these installations would be difficult due to limited physical space. Establishing viable export routes for gas depends on the gas meeting the requisite quality and infrastructure being in place. Operators continually look to reduce the amount of gas they routinely flare as part of production. Exploring solutions to routine flaring has been identified as an area of industry-wide focus in the drive to reduce offshore emissions.

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Figure 3: Breakdown of Gas Flaring by Source

1,600,000

Well Testing Upsets/Other Routine Maintenance Gross

1,400,000

1,200,000

1,000,000

800,000

600,000

Total Gas Flared (Tonnes)

400,000

200,000

0

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Source: EEMS May 2019

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