Oil wells are often associated with torches where waste gas burns uselessly. Waste gas from sea rigs where crude oil is extracted from the bottom of the Baltic has been managed by Energobaltic company. This solution has included the construction of a special transport pipeline for waste gas under the sea bottom and a gas fuelled combined heat and power plant in Władysławowo. The background of the project and its economic and environmental benefits are presented by its author, the President of Energobaltic, interviewed by the AURA journalist.