Assessment of flare strategies, techniques for reduction of flaring and associated emissions, emission factors and methods for determination of emissions to air from flaring

This report summarises the project “2012 Flaring Project” undertaken for the Norwegian Environment Agency.  The objective of the project was to assess a number of themes associated with flaring and emissions from the oil and gas industries in Norway:

• The status and trends of gas flaring in Norway
• Flaring technologies/systems
  • Flaring technologies/systems suitable for Norwegian conditions
  • Criteria for choosing flaring technologies/systems
  • Technologies in use compared to BAT requirements
• Opportunities and barriers for flare reduction measures
• Quality of methodologies and factors used to determine emissions from flaring

(Translation of Norwegian report M-82|2013)