Global Gas Flaring Reduction - Reported Flaring Data--2004-2005

		Flaring bcm
Rank	Top 20 Countries (red=GGFR partner)	2005	2004	Delta 2005 vs. 2004
1	Nigeria	25.5	24.1	1.4
2	Russia (total)	14.9	14.7	0.2
-	[ Khanty Mansiysk (KM) region of Russia ]	6.4	6.4	0.0
-	[ Russia excl KM ]	8.5	8.3	0.2
3	Iran	13.0	13.3	(0.3)
4	Iraq	7.2	8.6	(1.4)
5	Angola	6.4	6.8	(0.5)
6	Venezuela	5.4	5.4	0.0
7	Qatar	3.9	4.5	(0.6)
8	Algeria	3.5	4.3	(0.8)
9	USA	3.4*	2.8*	0.6
10	Kuwait	3.0	2.7	0.3
11	Indonesia	3.0	3.7	(0.8)
12	Kazakhstan	2.7	2.7	0.0
13	Equatorial Guinea	2.6	3.6	(1.0)
14	Libya	2.5	2.5	0.0
15	Mexico	2.5	1.5	1.0
16	Azerbaijan	2.5	2.5	0.0
17	Brazil	2.5	1.5	1.0
18	Congo	2.2	1.2	1.1
19	United Kingdom	1.6	1.6	0.0
20	Gabon	1.6	1.4	0.2

Partners among top 20		58.9	60.5	(1.6)
Total top 20		109.8	109.3	0.5
Rest of the World		40.0**	40.0**	0.0
World Total		149.8	149.3	0.5

The data for the United States include an undifferentiated volume of vented gas. Many other countries are known to vent significant quantities of gas (for example, Indonesia, Venezuela, Russia, Azerbaijan) but the volumes are not reported. *The estimate for the 'Rest of the World' has been increased from 12 bcm to 40 bcm to reflect the improved understanding that previous estimates understated it significantly.

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