In oil production facilities in North America, almost all of this gas is recovered and what is not recovered will for the most part be flared to prevent leakage (and potential explosions), while a very small fraction is simply vented.
Even the usually quiet Arabian Sea was hit by a category - 5 storm this year: Typhoon Gonu, which threatened
major oil production facilities, on which the global economy depends.
Although there are no oil refineries here, there are
oil production facilities.