Note to people complaining about the waste of gas and CO2 emission: this is a drop in the bucket. Vast quantities of gas from oilfields is flared, deliberately, continuously.
"140-150 billion cubic meters of flared natural gas translates into 270-290 million tons of C02 emissions per year. Accounting for roughly 1% of global carbon emissions"
http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-09-03/gas-flaring-the...
"140-150 billion cubic meters of flared natural gas translates into 270-290 million tons of C02 emissions per year. Accounting for roughly 1% of global carbon emissions"