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api • yesterday at 4:58 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

If this is a use for otherwise wasted flare gas that’d be a totally different story but I feel like that would be mentioned if that was the case.


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bob1029 • yesterday at 4:59 PM

https://www.chevron.com/newsroom/2026/q2/chevron-signs-20-ye...

In 2025, Texas vented or flared enough natural gas to generate roughly 2 gigawatts of useful electrical power continuously for the same period.

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/NG_PROD_SUM_DC_STX_MMCF_A.htm

A lot of gas is burned off simply because it cannot be delivered. Pipelines have a maximum capacity and short term storage is limited.

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