This is a great solution for companies looking for a way to improve lives while also increasing profits, as recovering these liquids can both reduce emissions and add to revenue. By surveying oil and natural gas sites in Colombia, the project is helping oil and gas companies identify high-impact and cost-effective opportunities to reduce emissions from flaring by recovering high-value, condensable liquids from flared gas. One of these is a Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) technology demonstration project carried out by Clearstone Engineering Ltd. These dramatic climate and air pollution effects make current efforts to reduce unnecessary flaring critical. I use my inhaler more often on days they’re flaring.” “I know my asthma would be better if I wasn’t exposed to it.
I get panic attacks,” Zakiya Kikia-Khan told the Guardian in 2015 about living next to a flaring site in South Africa.
“It’s very scary: I feel choked up, I feel my lungs can’t get air, I feel starved of oxygen. Additionally, black carbon is a component of fine particulate matter which has negative effects on human health and contributes to over 7 million deaths a year from air pollution. It does this both by absorbing sunlight thereby warming the atmosphere and by landing on ice and snow and reducing its ability to reflect light. Nigeria is seventh on the list of the world’s top flaring countries, meaning that millions more around the world are subject to similar conditions, with countries like Venezuela, the United States, and Iran having even higher flaring rates, according to the World Bank.īy some estimates, black carbon is second only to carbon dioxide in terms of its impact on global warming. Black carbon and methane are both powerful climate forcers and black carbon and VOCs are dangerous air pollutants. In addition to the noise and light, flaring emits black carbon, methane, and volatile organic compounds. Particularly in areas with limited infrastructure, this gas is burned off either at the top of a large stack or from a pit in the ground, often with devastating effects on local communities. Flaring occurs when crude oil is extracted from underground and natural gas is brought to the surface.
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