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BP to cut oil and gas flaring in the Permian Basin to zero by 2025

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A global oil and gas giant sought to eliminate most flaring in the next five years, led by a facility in the Permian Basin.

BP announced it was moving toward zero routine flaring, or the burning off of excess natural gas, by 2025 this week, and that it was building an electrified oil, gas and water handling facility in Orla, Texas near the state’s border with New Mexico.

Flaring can be used as a cost-saving measure by operators without the capacity to send all their produced gas to market, or as a safety precaution to ensure safe pressures at oil and gas facilities.

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The Grand Slam facility replaced gas-driven equipment, compressors, and generators with electrified components, per a BP news release, and was intended to lead the fossil fuel giant’s push to reduce emissions in one of the world’s most prolific onshore oil and gas plays.

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