Global gas flaring rose to its highest level since 2007, wasting $63 billion in energy and emitting 389 million tonnes of CO₂e. The World Bank’s 2025 report calls for urgent action to reduce flaring ...

Iran’s 12% increase in flaring is primarily attributable to an equivalent rise in oil production, along with a continued lack of investment in associated gas recovery and utilisation. Consequently, ...

A World Bank report outlines the amount of excess natural gas that is burned off, a practice that wastes energy and increases ...

Global gas flaring increased by 9 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2023, reaching 148 bcm, the highest level since 2019. The top ...

World Bank data collated in its latest Flaring Tracker revealed that flaring reached 151 billion cubic meters in 2024, the ...