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Flaring Q u e s t i o n s + A n s w e r sSecond EditionFLARING: QUESTIONS + ANSWERSSecond EditionWriter: Robert D. BottCopyright 2007 by the Canadian Centre for Energy Information, Cataloguing In Publications DataMain entry under title: Flaring Questions + Answers1. Gas industry Canada. I. Bott, Robert, 1945- II Canadian Centre for Energy InformationISBN 1-894348-18-4ABOUT THIS PUBLICATIONFlaring Questions + Answers, a companion publication to Sour Gas Questions + Answers, is produced by the Centre for Energy to explain Flaring , venting and incineration of natural gas in Canada. Although some sour gas issues are also Flaring issues, the majority of Flaring involves sweet gas containing little or no hydrogen sulphide (H2S). For a more complete understanding of Flaring and sour gas, readers are urged to consult both documents and the oil and natural gas section of Sources for further information are included at the back of each Questions + Answers has been updated and expanded from the original version published in 2000.

Advances in flaring and venting practices Flaring – burning natural gas in an open flame – has long been part of the process for producing

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