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The most effective and economically beneficial way to reduce flaring is through the construction of new pipelines to ship associated natural gas to market – a fact that received unanimous agreement during a recent panel discussion on the Permian Basin hosted by Rice University’s Baker Institute.
The panelists – which included Rystad Energy’s Mike McCormick, the Energy Defense Fund’s (EDF) Colin Leydon and Mark Agerton, a nonresident scholar of the Baker Institute’s Center for Energy Studies – spent a large portion of time discussing Texas’ proposed flaring regulations and the important role that infrastructure can play in reducing flaring activities.