PDO has initiated a flare gas recovery project at Zulaiyah Station in Hazar South, Oman, as part of its decarbonisation strategy, the company reported on Tuesday.
The initiative, developed in partnership with Hungary-based Enerhash, aims to convert flare gas into a sustainable energy source through modular digital mining infrastructure. Enerhash’s technology powers containerised data centres directly with flare gas, offering a decentralised solution suitable for remote oilfields.
The project is designed to avoid around 25,000 tonnes of carbon-dioxide-equivalent emissions annually and supports PDO’s strategy to reduce routine flaring and promote low-carbon solutions.
This model builds on PDO’s earlier South AP Flare Recovery Project, which sought vendors to recover gas from atmospheric dehydration tanks across sites such as Bahja, Rima, Amal, Marmul and Nimr. These sites face complex recovery conditions.
Under PDO’s flare-gas purchase scheme, vendors take full responsibility for commercialisation and environmental compliance, while PDO supplies the gas without incurring additional risk.
The Zulaiyah Station deployment is expected to serve as a reference for similar future projects and aligns with PDO’s long-term sustainability ambitions and Oman’s Vision 2040 energy goals.
Source: theenergyyear.com