Continental pledges to reduce Bakken flaring

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By News Wires

 01 March 2013 23:54 GMT

Bakken player Continental Resources said it had reduced the amount of natural gas it flared last year, according to a report.

The Bakken tight-oil play in North Dakota is a hot spot for flaring as the area lacks infrastructure such as gathering lines to deliver gas to a pipeline which would then bring the gas to an existing market.

The process can add more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which has been linked to climate change.

"During December 2012, the percentage of our natural gas production flared in North Dakota Bakken was approximately 10% compared to approximately 20% in December 2011," Continental said in a US Securities and Exchange form filed on Thursday, Reuters…

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