Validating MC - 1/3 and 1 billion, page-43

Hi jsoho,

I take all on board and there is no reason to doubt the comments made that they are preparing for Flaring.
My question is, what has caused the need (reason) for flaring. My take is elevated gas levels which needs to be released to enable drilling to proceed and to lower risk of damage to rig.??

Just picked up this in scanning google in last 5 minutes:

"This process speeds up drilling and reduces the damage to producing formations by the drilling fluids. Some well test flaring may be necessary after certain well servicing operations. The average flaring duration is 2.5 days"

Any comments.