Comment Re:Greenhouse gas reduction (Score 1) 61
I assume the flaring is kind of shitty so a some methane gets out unburned. When you run it through a turbine it gets more thoroughly burned. Since "CO2 equivalent" usually means multiplying the methane by something between 20 and 80, a little better burning can go a long way. It could also be that the flare produces some nitrous oxide or similar. Nitrous has a multiplier of something like 300.