flare venting off

11:21 May 13, 2017
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Petroleum Eng/Sci
English term or phrase: flare venting off
Without electrical power, the compression valves at the plant could not function and drifted open. The gas was fed into a flare system and burnt off. A large flame became visible. Witnesses recall standing outside for a minute or more, and noticing the flare venting off, indicating that the plant was in shutdown.
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France
Local time: 04:57


Summary of answers provided
4évacuation du gaz de torche (du gaz torché)
Marcombes (X)
3 +1la totalité des gaz sont dirigés vers la torchère
florence metzger
3 -1la torch du gaz purgé
B D Finch


  

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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
la torch du gaz purgé


Explanation:
www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/.../1.../V1_8_Ch8_Reporting_Guidance.pdf
..... Brûlage à la torche. Émissions imputables au brûlage à la torche du gaz naturel.

https://fr.glosbe.com › français-français Dictionnaire
La purge et le brûlage à la torche du gaz naturel représentent encore plus de ‧ milliards de mètres cubes (m ‧ ) de gaz par an (causant ‧ % environ des émissions ...

http://www.20minutes.fr/lyon/249134-20080903-fuite-gaz-centr...
Gaz purgé ... Une opération pour purger le gaz puis le brûler via une torche à air a débuté aux alentours de 12h30, mobilisant une trentaine de ...



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Note added at 7 hrs (2017-05-13 19:11:06 GMT)
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That should be "la torche du gaz purgé"

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Note added at 7 hrs (2017-05-13 19:18:28 GMT)
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Dictionnaire du pétrole ...
Par Magdeleine Moureau,Gerald Brace
... sortie du puits le gaz naturel pour lequel il n'existe ni débouché ni utilisation possible sur place, gas flaring: brûlage du gaz à la torche ; mise à la torche.





B D Finch
France
Local time: 04:57
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: This isn't the 'purge' it is the 'brûlage'.
9 mins
  -> "Purge" is the translation of venting off. "La torche" is the flare that they saw.
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1 day 7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
évacuation du gaz de torche (du gaz torché)


Explanation:
30 avr. 2007 - sécuritaires par les installations de raffinage de pétrole pour éliminer les vapeurs ... courant de gaz torchés en utilisant un système approprié de séparation ..... Installer un système d'arrêt d'urgence automatique qui détecte et ...

se that much gas in a week, then it will likely be venting off and wasting gas ...

Marcombes (X)
France
Local time: 04:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 23
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
la totalité des gaz sont dirigés vers la torchère


Explanation:
une suggestion...

cela s'entend de loin...

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Note added at 5 heures (2017-05-13 16:26:31 GMT)
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la torchère souffle fort

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Note added at 2 jours8 heures (2017-05-15 19:37:04 GMT)
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ou on remarque le ronflement de la torchère...

florence metzger
Local time: 04:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 652

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: That's really the preceding phrase; what we need here is the fact they could see it burning.
51 mins

agree  GILLES MEUNIER
12 hrs
  -> merci
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