North Dakota flaring less natural gas _ for now - The Associated Press

By JAMES MacPHERSON(AP)– 6 hours ago BISMARCK, N.D. — The burning glow over North Dakota's oil patch is slowly dimming as companies work to capture and sell natural gas instead of flaring it.

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Though the flares atop the oil fields have lessened in recent months, it's still tough to stomach for those in North Dakota who question rising heating bills in the light of the huge hissing flames that burn natural gas as waste. "I've heard comments here and there that it's too bad all that gas is going to waste," said Greg Armitage, who runs the Hilltop Home of Comfort nursing home in Killdeer, a western North Dakota town of about 700 in the heart of the state's oil fields.

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