Abu Dhabi, UAE :Crescent Petroleum, the oldest privately-held upstream oil and gas company in the Middle East has outlined a range of efforts aimed at ensuring a sustainable future for company and the region in the decades ahead. Crescent aims to further reduce its already low level of gas flaring from operations, and is implementing plans to eliminate use of all single-use plastics. It has also continued to improve on a variety of sustainability programmes at its regional operations to reduce its use of water, electricity and fuel, and its overall impact on the environment.