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Published August 20, 2009, 12:00 AM

Flared Gas


In this Sept. 23, 2008 photo, Natural gas is flared from an oil well near Parshall, N.D. Enough natural gas to heat every home in North Dakota through at least two brutal winters was burned off as an unmarketable byproduct in the state's oil patch in 2008. Officials say the state lacks processing facilities and pipelines to move it to market. (AP Photo/James MacPherson)
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