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As Flares Burn Across West Texas, A New Study Shows The Lone Star State Isn't Releasing As Much Natural Gas As Other Oil-Producing Countries

Mitch Borden

By Mitch BordenIn the last decade, as the oil and gas industry in the Permian Basin and other shale plays have boomed, so have the number of flares across…