Flaring is the process of burning excess natural gas at the...

Flaring is the process of burning excess natural gas at the production well using a dedicated flare to ignite the methane and other components in the gas, which can result in both methane and carbon dioxide emissions (CO₂). Venting is the direct release of natural gas into the atmosphere, typically in small amounts.

These practices are used by producers for operational, safety, and economic reasons. But both flaring and venting are sources of GHG emissions– especially methane, which has a greater global warming potential than CO₂. Because of this greater potential, flaring is preferred when possible because the methane released as a result of venting is a more potent greenhouse gas than the CO₂released during flaring.

Maybe you should talk to the Woodside engineers (and every other global gas explorer), who are all of the belief that methane is a far worse greenhouse gas than CO2.