Just wondering who owns all of the gas that is being wasted?  If it is our gas, is Hillcorp paying for all the gas they are using?  Just wondering.  No mention in this article either of the "heat trapping" effects of methane compared to CO2.*
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*leakage of methane, primary component of natural gas is 34 times stronger than CO2 at trapping heat over a 100-year period and 86 times stronger over 20 years.  <http://www.ucsusa.org/clean-energy/coal-and-other-fossil-fuels/environmental-impacts-of-natural-gas>