RESEARCH & ANALYSIS
Gas Flaring in Egypt:
Opportunities and Challenges BY JOLLY MONSEF, MARIAM AHMED & YOUSTINA MOUNIR
Gas flaring is generated by the combustion of gas coming from many industries; mostly from refineries and petrochemicals complexes. Globally, in 2021 about 143 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas were flared. This resulted in the direct release of 270 million tons (mmt) of CO2 and nearly 8 mmt of methane into the atmosphere. In the mentioned period, Egypt represented about 1.5% of global gas flaring, according to the World Bank. In this regard, Egypt spares no efforts in implementing gas flaring recovery projects.
Gas Flaring in 2021 TOP 10 LARGEST FLARING COUNTRIES GLOBALLY Flaring Volume (million m3/y)
GAS FLARING IN EGYPT
Flaring Intensity (m3/bbl)
25,409
Russia
6.9
Iraq
11.9
17,800
Iran
15.4
17,376
US
2.2
Venezuela
38.2
8,189
Algeria
19.8
8,156
Volume (million m3/y) 2020
2,360
2021
11.78%
2,082
8,764
Intensity (m3//bbl) Nigeria
11.8
6,627
Mexico
10.4
6,509
13.2
5,999
Libya
2020
11 The 10 largest countries
accounted for 75% of
China
1.7
2,488
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all gas flared volume
2021
7.27%
10.2