ONRR mandatory production reporting data are being sorted to assess GoM flaring and venting trends. This will help resolve inconsistencies previously identified. In the meantime, the table below summarizes the 2021 data. 1.03% of the gas produced that year was flared or vented. 0.25% of the gas production was vented.
Interestingly, more gas-well gas was vented than flared. This is presumably because older shelf facilities without flare booms still produce 25% of the gas (versus only 7% of the oil), mostly from gas wells. More to follow.
| gas production | flared (%) | vented (%) | flared & vented (%) | |
| OWG | 582,204 | 5919 (1.01) | 1405 (0.24) | 7324 (1.26) |
| GWG | 209,779 | 311 (0.15) | 548 (0.26) | 859 (0.41) |
| total | 791,983 | 6230 (0.79) | 1953 (0.25) | 8183 (1.03) |
Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE) 
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