“Gas flaring satellite data from 2020 reveals that Russia, Iraq, Iran, the United States, Algeria, Venezuela and Nigeria remain the top seven gas flaring countries for nine years running, since the first satellite was launched in 2012. These seven countries produce 40% of the world’s oil each year, but account for roughly two-thirds (65%) of global gas flaring.”
–Carla Sertin, reporter for Oil&Gas Middle East, on global gas flaring patterns. Gas flaring declined in 2020 by 32% due to an 8% drop in oil production and greater efforts to use the gas. [Oil&Gas Middle East]
