To summarise points that are missed in the comments and maybe not well describe on the website:
This is based in Canada. The vast majority is heavy oil in unconsolidated sand. This cannot be pumped, so there are commonly no pipelines.
During the process of extraction a lot of low value methane escapes from the oil. Canada has limits to the amount of venting a well can do, so if they reaches the limit they have to either slow the well's production or spend money on building a flare.
Both options have an economic cost. These mining units are addressing this.
To summarise points that are missed in the comments and maybe not well describe on the website:
This is based in Canada. The vast majority is heavy oil in unconsolidated sand. This cannot be pumped, so there are commonly no pipelines.
During the process of extraction a lot of low value methane escapes from the oil. Canada has limits to the amount of venting a well can do, so if they reaches the limit they have to either slow the well's production or spend money on building a flare.
Both options have an economic cost. These mining units are addressing this.