Progress On Reduced Mideast Flaring Slow

摘要

Since since drawing attention last August to previously unacknowledged Mideast flaring in its first global gas flaring study,the World Bank has struggled to gain firm Mideast commitments to reduce the practice,despite well-documented gas shortages across the region.To date,Algeria is the lone Mideast or North African state to sign on to the Global Gas Flaring Reduction(GGFR)partnership,which seeks to reduce flaring by sharing best practices and providing funding(WGI Aug.8,p8).