Flare Gas and Stranded Gas to Power
Stranded gas is natural gas that has no economic way to reach a market. The most common case is associated gas from oil wells: when a well produces oil faster than pipelines and processing plants can take the gas that comes up with it, the operator may flare it. Flaring burns the gas at the site, which wastes the energy and releases carbon dioxide; venting releases methane directly, which does more harm to the climate. States and the EPA regulate both, and the rules have tightened.
Putting that gas to work on site is the idea behind flare gas to power. Generators at the well pad burn the gas and make electricity for oilfield equipment, bitcoin miners or modular data centers that can run where the gas is. The guides in this section cover why wells flare, how flare volumes are measured, Texas Railroad Commission permits, the EPA methane rules, North Dakota's Bakken experience, who owns flare gas and how royalties work, and how flexible loads such as bitcoin mining sell demand response to the grid. Use the gas-to-power calculator to estimate how many megawatts a gas stream can make.
All 17 flare and stranded gas guides
9 min read · February 25, 2021
How Does Flare Gas to Power Work? – Waste Gas Into Electricity
8 min read · July 16, 2026
Can Flare Gas Run an AI Data Center? – Scale, Uptime and the Math
7 min read · May 9, 2026
EPA Methane Rules for Oil and Gas – What OOOOb Means for Flaring
6 min read · February 7, 2026
Who Owns Flare Gas? – Mineral Rights, Royalties and Gas Deals
6 min read · January 16, 2026
How Bitcoin Miners Sell Flexibility to the Grid
7 min read · August 14, 2025
Can Curtailed Wind and Solar Power Computing? – Flexible Loads
7 min read · June 2, 2026
Flaring vs Venting – Which Is Worse for Methane Emissions?
6 min read · November 8, 2023
Why Does North Dakota Flare So Much Gas? – The Bakken Story
6 min read · October 7, 2023
How Is Flare Gas Measured? – Meters, Estimates and Reporting
6 min read · February 19, 2026
How Texas Regulates Flaring – Railroad Commission Permits Explained
8 min read · November 13, 2022
Is Bitcoin Mining on Flare Gas Worth It? – How Operators Do It
7 min read · February 23, 2024
Why Do Oil Wells Flare Gas? – Economics and Rules
6 min read · December 13, 2023
How Much Gas Does a Bitcoin Miner Burn? – Mcf per Day per Machine
6 min read · March 21, 2026
How Does a Flare Stack Work? – Combustion Efficiency and Design
6 min read · November 6, 2023
What Is Associated Gas? – Oil Wells and the Gas They Bring Up
7 min read · December 22, 2022
What Is Stranded Gas? – Why Some Gas Has Nowhere to Go
8 min read · August 28, 2025
How Are Data Centers Built at the Wellsite? – Containers on the Pad
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