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National Stats

Mapped Flares
0 active
Oil Fields
0 fields
Gas Value Wasted
— est. 2025
Annual Flaring Volume
~24 BCM/yr est. 2025
Electricity Generation Potential
— MW if captured
People Within 5km of a Flare
— Iraqis
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Distance Analyzer

Ruler

Assess local impact by calculating the exact distance between any gas flare and community settlements.

Selected Flare: None
Proximity: 0.0 km
Click anywhere on the map to compute geodesic distance.

Citizen Mapping Help

If a gas flare in Iraq is missing, please help update OpenStreetMap using standard tagging conventions.

Key:man_made
Value:flare

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World Bank GGFR Global Flaring Data 2025

📍 Measurement Mode Active: Tap any community coordinate to check radius proximity!

Iraq Flaring Watch

Gas flaring burns off associated gas from oil extraction, harming nearby communities and wasting billions in energy value annually.

Flare sites — includes 5km population estimate
Economic waste — USD value lost & Iraqi homes that could have been powered
Emission plumes — methane & CO₂ in kg/hr

Open-source · GitHub · @IraqFlaring