If You Can't See the Flame, Is It Still Flaring -- If A Tree Falls in the Forest and There's No One To Hear It, Does It Make Any Noise?

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Steffes Corp. of Dickinson recently manufactured a product for the smokeless flaring of gases in oil drilling operations. Officials are testing it and have applied for an income tax exemption tied to the
product.

“When you’re drilling for oil, not just oil comes out of the earth, but natural gas comes up as well,” said Todd Mayer, Steffes engineering manager. “Over a wide range of gas flow rates, we’re able to burn the gasses smokeless.”

Okay.