Flaring is at Record Highs in Texas
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/Gas-Flaring-Running-Rampant-In-The-Permian.html
Flaring is at record highs in Texas. Oil producers have no real limits to their waste of Texas' natural gas. The entire state government is failing at conserving this very valuable and clean natural resource. President Trump's administration should step in. Governor Rick Perry should also. This is the ideal time to do it because of low oil prices that they would like to see go up.
Texas Regulator Eyes Flaring Crackdown
(Bloomberg) -- Texas will look into policies to “drastically reduce” natural gas flaring from the state’s shale patch as investors become increasingly sensitive to climate change concerns.
The call to action from the head of the Texas Railroad Commission, which oversees oil and gas production in the state, marks a stark tone shift for an agency that’s been criticized for its laissez-faire attitude toward one of the industry’s most harmful e