Iraq Flaring Watch

Tracking gas flaring across Iraq 🔥 Active flares · Emission plumes · Economic waste · Data: @OpenStreetMap @WorldBankData @CarbonMapper | by @rawaz

[Iraq Flaring Watch @IraqFlaring]

Iraq Flaring Watch🔥 — interactive map tracking gas flaring,
emission plumes, and gas waste across Iraq.

🟠 Active flare sites
🟣 USD value wasted annually
🔵 Satellite-detected emissions

https://t.co/kHpEUyh9xS

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558,831 people live within 5km of this gas flare in Baghdad 🔥

The streets, the river, the neighbourhoods — all within
5km distance of an active industrial flare.

https://t.co/t4fWnX0APL

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The largest CO2 emission plume detected in Iraq by satellite 🛰️

1,815,622 kg/hr — detected over the Rumaila oil field on
25 December 2025 by @CarbonMapper.

Click the cyan dot to see the satellite detection image 👇

https://t.co/mjtzeL06Kg

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LUKOIL's West Qurna 2 field flared 1,642 million m³ of gas in 2024 🔥

That's ~$202M USD in value burned into the atmosphere —
enough electricity to power ~1.6 million Iraqi homes for a year.

Click the purple bubble 👇

https://t.co/8zdWnImKME

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The Basra oil fields — Iraq's most flare-dense region 🔥 Every orange dot is an active gas flare. Every purple bubble is gas being burned instead of captured — worth hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Zoom in and click a bubble 👇 https://t.co/b8Xbu2vfOT

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GitHub Repository:

https://t.co/MNlLjA0MV7

[Iraq Flaring Watch @IraqFlaring]

Iraq Flaring Watch🔥 — interactive map tracking gas flaring,
emission plumes, and gas waste across Iraq.

🟠 Active flare sites
🟣 USD value wasted annually
🔵 Satellite-detected emissions

https://t.co/kHpEUyh9xS