The characteristic reasons of scale burning of APG in Russia are:
-technical
Absence on many deposits of the necessary industrial and technological infrastructure;
Imperfection of a technique and technics of measurement, the account and an estimation of APG resources;
Absence of the technologies, allowing to utilise of APG of 3 and 4 stages.
Orientation of the developed systems of gathering and recycling of APG to the centralised schemes of delivery
Remoteness of the potential markets from oil extracting places.
- economical
Prices regulated by the State for natural gas and prolonged process of liberalisation of the gas market;
Low prices on APG;
Raised capital intensity of processes of gathering and a direction on recycling APG (in comparison with natural gas);
Insignificant penal sanctions for emissions of products of burning of APG.
- organizational - institutional
Absence of economic interest of some the oil companies in the business connected with gathering, recycling and use of APG;
Imperfection of legislatively- regulatory syste.
Medvedev
“Crying fact example of inefficient use of power resources is burning of associated petroleum gas. Ecology becomes soiled and ten billion roubles turn to smoke. It's necessary to stop this disgrace. We must operate resolutely and quickly ”.