Oilfield Flaring: Why We Do It

[@patboland1650]

I know nothing about the industry but started researching as a potential career for one of my nephews...you are giving a great service. Love the content

[@OilfieldBasics]

Thanks Pat! Please let me know of any general questions you have! I'd love to help further!

[@hmdlamin93]

Wish I had an aunt like you hahah

[@yneshAshanti]

I used to see a flare stack many kilometers away from my house and used to think it was a lighthouse! Today I drove nearer and found out exactly what it is and does

[@jasonbenny5118]

I was wondering if you could use that gas to make a boiler to produce electricity , what do you suggest? Is it possible?

[@OilfieldBasics]

Of course! There are even companies offer this service. The fun part becomes figuring out what to do with that electricity, especially if it's remote or not very much.

[@shAnn0n1]

Today there was a livestream of a helicopter showing that a Chevron facility flaring, but it was "UNSCHEDULED". I obviously went looking for an explanation of "flaring". I usually Google things, but the livestream was on KZbin, and that's why I stayed in KZbin and I did a quick search and I found you and your channel first. I understand that you wouldn't give me an environmental impact of flaring, so thats what I'm going to look into next. But thanks, you've explained flaring well.

[@mibars]

I really thought that burning off gas in flares on continous basis is either thing of a past or of underdeveloped nations where they sacrifice part of the profit for the sake of simplicity.

[@OilfieldBasics]

Unfortunately, no. But it has come down substantially even over the past 5 years. I expect that trend to continue.

[@jamesgoldring1052]

@@OilfieldBasics couldn't they float a tank on the ocean and fill it up with gas and sell it Why would you burn profits?

[@sheltonmarshall2507]

Flaring is done to show if gas is in the well offshore. Doesnt the company loose out on the production of gas during long term flaring?

[@arwaalfadhli8113]

helpful for all fresh mechanical engineers !

[@OilfieldBasics]

Glad to hear it!

[@ngawurdotcoms8957]

Can you write your web, and put it on description.

[@icebrakernh]

Do the flares burn off the H2S gas or natural gas?

[@albertbrzozowski]

Hey Oilfield Basic, thanks for this very well packed, informational video! I checked this out of curiosity, as I've seen this process in life many times, and I suspected that this is done either because there's more fuel than the flow capacity of the plant or to get rid of some potentially pollutant ingredients in the oil. I would suggest some video material of the things you're explaining in the background, that'd help visualize the processes you're talking about. :) Best regards - calibration/laboratory technician - Albert

[@OilfieldBasics]

Thanks for your comment Albert! What particular topics are you referring to?

[@albertbrzozowski]

@@OilfieldBasics well, I meant the entirety of the video to be honest. As in - in between you speaking there could be a computer modelled visualization of what youre talking about or real-life videos of a flair etc. I mean the kind of style Real Engineering (yt channel) uses. Other than that great work, thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. :)

[@moycafuanda408]

Very good point of view... thanks

[@thedarkgreenvanman]

Idk why this isn’t the first video, way better then the 18yr old “engineer” trying sell a generator

[@josec8896]

You're the best....any advice for PE students.....thanks

[@OilfieldBasics]

Thanks bud. Just published a video on this. Check out the channel.

[@ArctisTheMonk]

I was flying multiple times to Dubai for Holiday. The flight to Dubai was always over night and when we was over the arabic See still far away from Dubai... I thing a few Miles away from Kuwait or Bahrain. The hole see was on fire. As far as you could see. Thousands of Flares on the ground. From you're video I guess they have no pipeline. How is it regulated there? Are they allowed to flare as much as they want?

[@OilfieldBasics]

Hard for me to guess without knowing the local regulations there. My guess is it's not regulated. They probably don't have a pipeline connected to those offshore platforms if they're flaring all the time. It's environmentally irresponsible, but perhaps they're truly just recovering the oil to sell.

[@johnrobertson6689]

Hey brother I see that Anadarko hard hat. I used to work for them before Oxy bought us. 👍🏽

[@OilfieldBasics]

Very cool!

[@AbdulRahmanDota]

Can you make a video about how to pass a oil and gas job related interview please?

[@OilfieldBasics]

I'll add it to the list man!

[@aaaaaaaathhhhiiii4137]

@@OilfieldBasics I too need information about oil aNd gas for interview

[@agushadiyarto315]

thanks for your information

[@nasseral-horani7472]

Please can you talk about water cut meter for low percentage

[@Danamous]

What measures can be implemented to lower the flaring?

[@bigmuller1]

Produce less landfill waste

[@stephanieczekanski3175]

How often do you see woman in the field as a drilling engineer? I'm starting my degree and I've been told that while legally we are allowed, often times woman are driven away from rigs. Has that been your experience? Are certain companies better than others for female field/drilling engineers?

[@OilfieldBasics]

Thanks for the question. Don't be afraid to chase after whatever position you want in our industry. Women are allowed on sites too. It's obviously a male-dominated industry so sometimes there aren't all the considerations for women (such as bathrooms for example haha), but there is nothing preventing you from doing everything a man can do in oil and gas. From my experience, larger companies such as Chevron love to hire women and internationals to help diversify their workforce. But go for what you want. A few good resources for you would be our podcast (Oilfield Basics Discover Podcast) episode where we interview Massiel Diez about women in oil and gas. She also has a podcast herself called Flipping the Barrel and also has some KZbin videos from her time working in the field on frac sites with Schlumberger.

[@morganbaker4763]

I've seen many women months patch. Women tend to quit because they are the only females around a bunch of horny men

[@edharrison887]

Go for it, you have significantly higher chances of being hired because you're a women. Shell announced they will be hiring 50-50 men and women, despite 10x more men applying for Shell jobs. Take advantage of this 'Positive discrimination'.

[@Joelmjohn14]

Guys plzz make video on salary after tax in Norway,America,venuzala

[@OilfieldBasics]

Not sure it would turn out to be a good video haha...salaries are going to differ based on position, age, company, etc. Also, I hardly know how taxes work in the US let alone other countries haha. A good resource I've found for looking at salaries is Glassdoor. Use that for base and then find tax calculators in those respective countries. I've seen multiple web-based ones for the US. Also, don't overthink your salary too much. You can only do so much guesswork in models.

[@AnonOrange]

Why can't they capture the gas, compress it and use it for useful purposes or sell it?

[@OilfieldBasics]

It comes down to economics. If gas hardly sells for super cheap, it's not going to be worth the capital investment for them to setup the equipment and all that's involved. It's unfortunate, but in some basins, there have been occasions where the producers literally pay the pipeline company to take their gas...in other words they don't get paid for it...they pay for them to take it. So if the regulatory body allows for flaring, it's in companies' best economic interest to flare. Unfortunate for sure, but this is the true dynamic. Fortunately, flaring is not as common as it used to be. But you can see why the situation is complex.

[@MMStudio8]

Good info 👍

[@santa1767]

First minute and twenty seconds are absolutely nothing.

[@PAS2010D]

Thank you

[@thedarkgreenvanman]

Thats why theres time stamps

[@dougbillman2333]

Hslf of Kansas flared off yesterday.........

[@Wulfik666]

Skip to 1:30 to skip all the "like subscribe etc"

[@Eruore]

You talk too fast and i can barely understand you😑