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I recently was involved in the construction of a gas plant. There was a flare and it's basically a requirement for safety reasons. Although the gas is scrubbed
by JimTheMan 6y ago
I recently was involved in the construction of a gas plant. There was a flare and it's basically a requirement for safety reasons. Although the gas is scrubbed prior to it being burnt provided there is no catastrophic event.
Generators only draw down on a little gas so as to power the plant.
- rckoepke 6y agoFlares in gas plants are generally burning a much cleaner composition than wellhead flares, and are generally more tuned and better supervised by operators who can tweak parameters to get an optimal burn that minimizes byproducts.