PermianChain

Data · 2025

Flare Atlas

Where gas is burned off at oil and gas sites, and how much power it could produce instead. Satellite estimates from the World Bank, converted with the same assumptions as our calculators. Global flaring reached 167 billion m³ in 2025.

Gas flared in 2025, billion m³ (bcm)

  1. Iraq24.16 · ≈10,000 MW
  2. Mexico9.72 · ≈4,100 MW
  3. Libya9.71 · ≈4,100 MW
  4. Algeria8.90 · ≈3,800 MW
  5. Nigeria6.60 · ≈2,800 MW
  6. The United States4.95 · ≈2,100 MW
  7. The Permian Basin, United States2.85 · ≈1,200 MW
  8. Saudi Arabia2.37 · ≈1,000 MW
  9. Angola2.34 · ≈1,000 MW
  10. Oman1.74 · ≈740 MW
  11. Malaysia1.66 · ≈710 MW
  12. The UAE1.37 · ≈580 MW
  13. Qatar1.19 · ≈510 MW
  14. Brazil1.08 · ≈460 MW
  15. Egypt1.04 · ≈440 MW
  16. The Bakken, United States0.96 · ≈410 MW
  17. Indonesia0.89 · ≈380 MW
  18. Canada0.75 · ≈320 MW
  19. Argentina0.73 · ≈310 MW
  20. Kazakhstan0.70 · ≈300 MW
  21. Kuwait0.68 · ≈290 MW
  22. Alberta, Canada0.26 · ≈110 MW

Russia, Iran, Venezuela and Syria are not listed.

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Method and sources

  • Flared volumes: World Bank Global Flaring and Methane Reduction Partnership (GFMR), NOAA and the Payne Institute at the Colorado School of Mines, flare volume estimates by individual flare location (2012–2025, 2026 release). They are satellite (VIIRS) estimates: venting and flares too small to detect are not included.
  • Regions: countries as the World Bank assigns them. Alberta, the Permian Basin and the Bakken are latitude/longitude boxes around each area, so they are approximate.
  • Power: gas at 1030 Btu/scf burned in reciprocating engines at 35% efficiency, averaged over the year. This is the same method as our gas-to-power calculator, where you can change every assumption.
  • GPUs: NVIDIA DGX H100 maximum system power, plus 10% for networking and storage, at a PUE of 1.3.
  • Emissions: 2.4 million tonnes CO₂e per bcm flared, from the World Bank's 2026 Global Gas Flaring Tracker (about 400 Mt from 167 bcm in 2025).
  • These are indicative estimates, not an engineering assessment of any site.