Several years ago I noticed that the northern edge of Alaska was lit up like Vegas on one of these light pollution maps. I was very curious what the heck this

Several years ago I noticed that the northern edge of Alaska was lit up like Vegas on one of these light pollution maps. I was very curious what the heck this was and took to Google Maps. Found that it was oil fields as well. I'd personally assumed lighting for workers however and not gas flares. - https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=5&lat=10294175&lon=-16288830&layers=B0FFFFFTFFFFFFFF https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=5&lat=10294175&lon=...