Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 11
By Emil Ismayilov - Trend:
Associated gas flaring as part of operational activity of the British company BP in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea is a safety requirement, senior specialist of BP Azerbaijan Environment Department Amrita de Soyza said at the international conference "Caspian shelf" in Baku Sept. 11.
"In some cases, associated gas flaring is safer than gas recovery," he said.
He stressed that the release of associated gas into the atmosphere has much more negative impact on ecology than its flaring.
"At present, about two percent of associated gas is flared in Azerbaijan," he said.
Soyza also said that the operations were conducted to determine the influence of gas flaring on the social area and environment as part of environmental protection in Azerbaijan.
He stressed that around 119 monitoring were conducted in Azerbaijan from 2004 to 2014, 92 of which - offshore, 24 - in coastal areas, 38 - onshore.