A Fifteen Year Record of Global Natural Gas Flaring Derived from Satellite Data

D. Elvidge, Christopher; Ziskin, Daniel; Baugh, Kimberly; T. Tuttle, Benjamin; Ghosh, Tilottama; William Pack, Dee; H. Erwin, Edward; Zhizhin, Mikhail

doi:10.3390/en20300595

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A Fifteen Year Record of Global Natural Gas Flaring Derived from Satellite Data

Published in Energies • Aug 7, 2009

Authors:

Christopher D. Elvidge

Daniel Ziskin

Kimberly Baugh

Abstract

We have produced annual estimates of national and global gas flaring and gas flaring efficiency from 1994 through 2008 using low light imaging data acquired by the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP). Gas flaring is a widely used practice for the disposal of associated gas in oil product...

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Natural gas

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Environmental science

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