Knowledge-Based Company Finds Method for Gathering Flare Gas from Oil Fields
“Considering the fact that nearly 1.2 billion cubic feet of gas is burned in the country every day, and Iran is one of the most polluting countries after Turkey and Iraq by production of flare gases, we gathered and increased the pressure of flare gases of the Marun 6 oil field because it is of great importance in terms of economy and environment in Iran,” Seyed Ezzatollah Hejazi told ANA.
“The purpose of implementing this plan is to prevent burning of oil gases and air pollution in the Southern cities of the country and to use them as petrochemical feed and gas for Iran’s gas network,” he added.
Hejazi said that no similar foreign sample of this product exists in the world, adding, “We have signed a contract with Armenia for export.”
Due to safety and control considerations, gas flaring is inevitable in chemical processes. In 2018, 17.3 billion cubic meters of flare gas had burned in Iran, which implies a significant economic loss and the emission of almost 150 million metric tons of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. This significant amount of flaring has made Iran the third largest flaring country in the world.
Various methods exist for transforming the flare and associated gases into value-added products.
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