Flaring and venting of associated gas from oil production facilities is a major source of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions globally. On latest estimates, 160 billion cubic meters of gas is flared annually, resulting in around 300 million tonnes of CO2 emissions. The Clean Development Mechanism rewards voluntary reductions of GHG emissions from flaring. Our specialist Flaring Reduction team work with the resource owners to identify appropriate development solutions for natural gas capture and utilisation projects, in the process qualifying the projects for Carbon Credits under the Clean Development Mechanism.

SCC's Flaring Reduction team seek to offer an integrated CDM project development solution based on:

• Access to industry best practice in technology, operations and programme management
• Infrastructure development
• Access to appropriate technologies
• Access to funding
• Access to economic value from the associated gas