Flaring -- Another Solution -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA

Updates

July 27, 2013: update on Blaise Energy, in The Dickinson Press

The technology is one example of methods being developed by Bismarck-based Blaise Energy that seek to reduce the amount of natural gas flared in North Dakota.

“Nobody likes to see the flaring, especially the industry and the regulatory people,” said Mark Wald, owner of Blaise Energy. “New technology, new ideas are what’s going to solve the flaring issue.”

At a Statoil well site on the edge of Williston, Blaise has three generators and a “grid shack” set up that convert natural gas into enough electricity to power about 40 homes.
The natural gas flare at that site ebbs and flows, but it would be about twice as large if some of the gas wasn’t being captured. The company plans to add additional equipment to capture more of the gas.

Original Post

Thread on flaring and studies of flaring in North Dakota.

Blaise Energy: converting natural gas at the wellhead to electricity which goes back into the grid.

For more on flaring in general, see the label "Flaring Central" and "flaring" as labels at the bottom of the blog.