Why do oil rigs at sea have a constant flame burning on top of them? Natural gas? And why couldn’t it be collected as well instead of wasting it?
In: Other
As oil is produced from wells, natural gas comes out of the oil. Exactly how much comes out of the oil depends on mainly the density of the oil but there is ALWAYS some amount of associated gas production. Because flowing the gas with the oil will limit how much oil you can flow it is more economic to burn it through what is called a flare. Some places however have banned flaring of gas and the companies have to either pipe it to shore or reinject it into the reservoir. Hope this helps
Latest Answers