A common practice in the oil industry called flaring is believed to cut down on methane emissions by burning waste or excess gas in the process of extracting or processing oil. But flaring may not be ...

Oil and gas companies regularly use flaring (that is, burning unwanted methane) to limit the amount of natural gas escaping into the atmosphere, but the practice might not be as kind to the planet as ...

Extensive flaring at ExxonMobil's northern Baton Rouge oil refinery has created concern among residents, but company officials said Thursday they expect the flaring to stop overnight once the refinery ...

The Interior Department on Monday issued new proposed waste prevention rules for methane flaring, the first update in four decades. Flaring, or the burning of extra natural gas at wells, and venting, ...