15 February 2013
Dubai Flare Gas Slated for Motor Fuel
Posted by John Freeland
In the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is a partnership between the city and the national oil company that will create a project to capture flare gas (see previous post), compress it, and use it for motor fuel. An excerpt from the press release:
Emirates Gas LLC (EMGAS), a subsidiary of Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dubai Municipality to treat land and sewage waste to generate Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). EMGAS is now setting up an advanced facility to convert waste to biomethane, from what is currently being flared, and then compress it into CNG that will be used as an automotive green fuel. It is anticipated that up to 15,000 vehicles per day can be refuelled.
The plan makes sense from an energy and environmental standpoint. The neighbors will certainly breathe easier.
The project will use new technology from America and Europe.
John Freeland earned a PhD in Soil Science (Pedology) at North Dakota State University and is a consultant working in the private sector. He has published soils research and taught at the high school and college levels. John is interested in wetlands, soil genesis, science communication, the intersection of art and science, and soil-water-landscape processes. John lives near the Ohio-Michigan border and plays bass in multiple music projects.
That is a lot of vehicles and there must be a profit to be made as well. Very forwrs thinking from the UAE not to waste this fuel.
Hi Steve: Thanks for the note. I have to think there’s a business opportunity in flare gas.