Highlights
- Progress in reducing gas flaring worldwide resumed in 2022, with volumes flared falling by 5 billion cubic meters (bcm) to 139 bcm, the lowest level since 2010. The top nine flaring countries continue to be responsible for the vast majority of flaring.
- As many countries shifted away from importing Russian oil and gas in 2022, there has not been a noticeable increase in Russian flaring.
- Last year, gas flaring released an estimated 357 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e), of which 42 million tonnes CO2e was in the form of methane. This Reduction is equivalent to taking three million cars off the road.
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