Statoil has been talking and working on this aspect for a couple years.
http://www.statoil.com/annualreport2012/en/sustainability/casestudies/pages/shalegasandtightoil.aspx
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And so has North Dakota. They have been pushing the issue for a long time.
>> They have been pushing the issue for a long time.
And while it’s fun to joke about GE/Statoil being in bed with ND state government, I’m thrilled to see they’re doing something about all that natural gas waste. I’m no greenie, but it always bothered me that they were flaring so much off for no benefit.
The technology is pretty cool, too.
I just wish someone would build fertilizer plants to mop up that cheap NG — and maybe bring fertilizer prices down from the stratosphere a bit.