Why is natural gas flared? What is the solution?

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  • Опубликовано: 22 июн 2015
  • Light from gas flares in the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota is as bright as the city of Chicago. Billions of cubic feet of natural gas is being flared or vented in remote oil fields, a waste stream going up in smoke.
    Now Pioneer Energy is changing that waste into resources, adding up to 30% in revenue-which could mean the difference between success and failure in the current tight petroleum market.
    Pioneer Energy’s innovative, proprietary flare gas capture and processing systems turn raw associated gas and tank battery vapors from a waste into a resource.
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  • @tonywestvirginia
    @tonywestvirginia 5 лет назад +28

    This is a very intelligent young man.

    • @leoleony1
      @leoleony1 10 месяцев назад +2

      I think it might be a script

  • @BaselineEnServ
    @BaselineEnServ 2 года назад +3

    Baseline has been using waste gas as fuel in our natural gas generators since 2012. It has only become commonplace in the last few years, but we are a thriving company that is lowering the carbon footprint of oil and gas producers all over the U.S. In 2015 when this video was published, the technology was still relatively new.

    • @Opto22
      @Opto22  2 года назад

      Thanks for that!

  • @Stewart5225
    @Stewart5225 5 месяцев назад

    Outstanding video!

  • @pikminlord343
    @pikminlord343 6 лет назад +4

    this is a great idea

    • @Opto22
      @Opto22  5 лет назад +1

      Pioneer Energy is awesome - check them out: www.pioneerenergy.com/

  • @lorenzolohman451
    @lorenzolohman451 2 года назад +3

    These people are brilliant

    • @Opto22
      @Opto22  2 года назад +2

      We think you are brilliant too! Thanks for watching

  • @kageroolol
    @kageroolol 4 года назад +1

    Why is there a network map at 0:40? Doesn't make sense. Only to make it look complicated.

  • @scottmontreuil6844
    @scottmontreuil6844 Год назад

    This guys parents are proud. And should be.

  • @farzana6676
    @farzana6676 4 года назад +4

    Why does flaring continue in Texas is this technology is available? I must be missing something.

    • @McSlobo
      @McSlobo 4 года назад +4

      I'm guessing the reason is that it's not profitable enough i.e. it's too expensive. Equipment, operating, maintenance, transporting products from the site cost money. Regulation might help with this one.

    • @alexjohnward
      @alexjohnward 3 года назад +2

      no environmental regulations preventing flares, and it's cheaper to just flare and spend your money on more oil wells.

  • @scottmontreuil6844
    @scottmontreuil6844 Год назад

    Why don’t they use it for steam ?

  • @TheTubeTempest
    @TheTubeTempest 7 лет назад +1

    can they make profit from this or is it to clean the environment? if you could make a deal where you keep the waste and the oil company does not have to pay then that's the ticket.

  • @TheTubeTempest
    @TheTubeTempest 7 лет назад +3

    why don't you make a big pressure vessel put the fire under it and use the steam to power a generator for electricity?

    • @dr1ce
      @dr1ce 4 года назад +2

      They do have generators at some spots but most of these wells are in remote areas where it's not cost effective to bring power to

  • @DesertTuna
    @DesertTuna 10 месяцев назад

    What The Cool as good stuff

    • @Opto22
      @Opto22  7 месяцев назад

      thanks!

  • @garyha2650
    @garyha2650 4 года назад +8

    0:30 "They have to flare it on site there's simply no other place for it to go."
    Then just turn the valve off. What am I missing? I think the answer is this: They are burning off the upper layers to get to the more pure methane or ethane eventually. What a dirty process. So thanks for trying to improve it. Perhaps McSlobo is right, regulations requiring those mixed gases to be captured, requiring the Pioneer Energy machine use. That means instead of instant billionaire overnight folks, it will take you awhile, but this way you drillers won't be murdering planet earth. Let this man temper the situation and stop the waste.

    • @merbear76
      @merbear76 9 месяцев назад

      This is such an ignorant comment. The regulations in place are in part what cause flaring in the first place, due to the heavy regulations restricting the building of new pipelines.

    • @garyha2650
      @garyha2650 9 месяцев назад

      @@merbear76 I agree. Boy have I changed in 3 years, can't believe I wrote that. Elect me and I'll fight to have all regulations removed back to 1953, safety is overrated, return to freedom. Website for people to report anything truly bad and we can address any real problems intelligently instead.

  • @marilynstrube4970
    @marilynstrube4970 3 года назад +2

    Flaring should be outlawed. Period.

    • @alexjohnward
      @alexjohnward 3 года назад +3

      It is outlawed in some places. Bitcoin is coming to the rescue and liberating those wells by burning massive amounts of fuel onsite.

    • @darianzielinsky96
      @darianzielinsky96 2 года назад +1

      @@alexjohnward lmfao 😂 so instead of burning it you burn it. Youre a genius

    • @alexjohnward
      @alexjohnward 2 года назад +1

      @@darianzielinsky96 no Darian, well operators pump it back underground where bulk flaring is banned, it isn't burnt at all.

    • @drivingmylifeaway7149
      @drivingmylifeaway7149 Год назад

      No