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Estimated Flared Volumes from Satellite Data, 2006-2010
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| | | |  | Volumes in bcm | 2010 | | 1 | | Russia | 50.0 | 52.3 | 42.0 | 46.6 | 35.2 | (11.4) | | 2 | | Nigeria | 18.6 | 16.3 | 15.5 | 14.9 | 15.2 | 0.3 | | 3 | | Iran | 12.2 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 0.4 | | 4 | | Iraq | 7.2 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 1.1 | | 5 | | Algeria | 6.4 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 0.5 | | 6 | | Angola | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 0.7 | | 7 | | Kazakhstan | 6.2 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 3.8 | (1.2) | | 8 | | Libya | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 0.3 | | 9 | | Saudi Arabia | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | (0.2) | | 10 | | Venezuela | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 0.0 | | 11 | | Mexico | 2.1 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.5 | (0.5) | | 12 | | Indonesia | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.3 | (0.6) | | 13 | | China | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.1 | (0.3) | | 14 | | Canada | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.3 | | 15 | | USA* | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 0.1 | | 16 | | Uzbekistan | 2.9 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 0.2 | | 17 | | Qatar | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.9 | (0.3) | | 18 | | Oman | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | (0.1) | | 19 | | Malaysia | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.5 | (0.4) | | 20 | | Egypt | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.5 | (0.3) | | | Total top 20 | 138 | 133 | 125 | 126 | 114 | (11.8) | | | Rest of the world | 23 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 20 | (1.1) | | | Global flaring level | 162 | 154 | 146 | 147 | 134 | (12.9) | | | | | | | | | | | Source: NOAA Satellite data
*Coverage limited to Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, and partial continental USA |
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