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CASPER — When state regulators noticed flaring in the gas fields of southern Wyoming recently, it was a matter of concern because Wyoming doesn’t allow burn-off from gas wells.

But the story of flaring in the gas fields is complicated, posing a potential challenge to the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. It’s a question of how to deal with spontaneous gas mucking up the traditi...