What is it that they are burning (Im guessing oil) But why? What is the need to be burning it off? Are they not wasting it?When you see an oil refinery/rig, there always seems to be a tall tower with huge flames coming out of it.?
Usually it is gas of some sort. Some gases are bad such as H2S Hydrogen Sulfide. Sometimes the are just testing the pressure of the well and the flow. They burn it as aposed to letting it flow and get all over everything.When you see an oil refinery/rig, there always seems to be a tall tower with huge flames coming out of it.?
Also this relieves the pressure that these gases build up.
There are some light-weight gases such as methane, that are a by-product of oil refining. The energy content is so low that it's not worth trying to save it or use it, so the easiest thing is to just burn it off.
it is most likely natural gas found at or near the oil reserve.
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