They say they are working to get absolute flaring down by 60% by 2030.Įxxon reports that it is using new technologies to reduce all of its emissions with things like satellite, aerial and ground-sensor networks. production is under a non-emergency flaring ban but experts want to see more to help drive down emissions.Īccording to ExxonMobil’s Climate Solutions Progress Report, from 2016-2020, the company says they reduced their flaring by 25%. According to the International Energy Agency, one-fifth of U.S. Colorado and New Mexico recently joined the list. More states are banning non-emergency flaring. Instead, they pump it back into the ground.Īccording to the Department of Energy, the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Act prohibits waste of oil and natural gas and only allows gas flaring for emergency purposes.Īccording to the Energy Information Administration, operators in Alaska “reinject about 90% of the state's natural gas withdrawals - most of it from oil production - into oil reservoirs to help maintain crude oil production rates.”Īlthough it’s clear Alaska has regulations in place that are more environmentally friendly, opponents still say more drilling in Alaska will lead to more emissions and harm the environment.
He says it is clean because producers do not flare their gas, which is the process of burning the natural gas associated with oil extraction, which leads to more pollution. "Alaska has billions of barrels of oil and trillions of feet of natural gas and we produce it cleaner than virtually any other place on the planet," Alaska's Republican Gov.
The Biden administration has implemented rules to encourage companies regularly find and repair leaks but critics of the president think this should be voluntary. Methane leaks are a major contributor to emissions in the oil and gas industry but they are fixable – and some oil companies are doing just that.
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