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  • Amid ongoing conflict, Iraq to Begin Snuffing Out Flares
    Oil-producing countries yet to address their gas flaring may begin to feel there are no more excuses. In a remarkable and bold decision, the government of Iraq recently endorsed the “Zero Routine Flaring...
    Date: May 9, 2017 Type: Feature Story Language: English
  • Nigeria’s Flaring Reduction Target: 2020
    WASHINGTON, 10 March, 2017 – A recent two-day seminar organized jointly by the government of Nigeria, the International Gas Union (IGU), the World Bank and GGFR, focused on reducing gas flaring at oil...
    Date: March 10, 2017 Type: Feature Story Language: English
  • Austria's OMV adopts innovative technology to cut gas flaring
    OMV Group has underscored its commitment to act on climate change mitigation and responsible resource management by endorsing the “Zero Routine Flaring by 2030” global initiative. Since 2008 OMV reports...
    Date: January 24, 2017 Type: Feature Story Language: English
  • New Data Reveals Uptick in Global Gas Flaring
      Washington, December 12, 2016 – New data released today shows an increase over the past five years in the amount of gas flared at oil production sites worldwide, reversing a trend of flaring reduction....
    Date: December 12, 2016 Type: Press Release Language: English
  • Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau and World Bank Group President Kim Discuss Global Challenges
    Kim welcomes U.S./Canada plan to endorse zero gas flaring initiative WASHINGTON, March 11, 2016 – World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim today welcomed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to...
    Date: March 11, 2016 Type: Press Release Language: English
  • In Ecuador, Innovation Leads to Significant CO2 Reduction
    A remote oil-producing region. Limited financial resources. A lack of infrastructure. These are just some of the broad challenges Ecuador faced as it explored ways to optimize its valuable natural oil...
    Date: March 24, 2015 Type: Feature Story Language: English
  • Gas Utilization in Kuwait Reaps Economic and Environmental Benefits
    What happens when one of the world’s wealthiest nations with abundant oil reserves lacks enough electricity to power its demand? It uses an underutilized, readily available resource sitting right under...
    Date: August 25, 2014 Type: Feature Story Language: English
  • Time to End Routine Gas Flaring
    The practice of flaring gas at oil production sites across the globe garnered significant attention at the 21st World Petroleum Congress in Moscow. Two sessions – one on the industry’s position on climate...
    Date: July 7, 2014 Type: Feature Story Language: English
  • Igniting Solutions to Gas Flaring in Russia
    November 12, 2013 -- As the international community examines ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and moves toward low-carbon economies, associated petroleum gas is increasingly becoming an attractive...
    Date: November 12, 2013 Type: Feature Story Language: English
  • Angola’s Major Natural Gas Project to Cut Emissions from Flaring
    Shipped to Brazil on board the SS Sonangol Sambizanga - one of seven 160,000 m3 LNG vessels that are under long-term charter to the project - Angola LNG last month safely and reliably delivered its first...
    Date: September 20, 2013 Type: Feature Story Language: English
  • Fighting Gas Flares in Uzbekistan
    Gas flaring – the process through which natural gas is burned or flared at oil fields without being put to use – has gained significant attention in recent years with global warming becoming a major concern...
    Date: June 18, 2013 Type: Feature Story Language: English