Comment by URSpider94

The thing that people are missing here is that these aren’t natural gas wells, they are oil wells. Natural gas is a byproduct of oil production (crude oil can have a lot of natural gas dissolved in it, which bubbles out when it’s pumped out of the ground). It’s usually not economical to capture this gas and make use of it, so it’s usually just flared, or worse - vented. To the degree that this makes use of this waste gas, it’s better than nothing. However, if it encourages continuing to tap gas off of shut-in oil wells, then it’s potentially less good.