Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdistan Region Faces Challenges to End Flaring

Aug 25, 2021 | Dilan Sirwan, Rudaw
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The Kurdistan Region has given oil companies 18 months to stop flaring associated gas, a toxic byproduct of crude oil production that has been burned off at the Region’s oil fields since day one. The move would end the environmentally damaging practice, but it is unclear whether the Kurdistan Region will be able to make use of the gas given its underdeveloped industry and the amount of debt it already owes to the oil companies.