Gas-to-Power project plan makes headway in Oman Blocks 3&4

Gas-to-Power project plan makes headway in Oman Blocks 3&4

MUSCAT: In line with Oman’s goal to eliminate all routing flaring by 2030, upstream energy firm CC Energy Development (CCED) has embarked on a number of initiatives to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its operations in Blocks 3&4 in the mid-east of the country.

Notable is a Gas-to-Power project that aims to utiiise associated gas, produced as a byproduct of crude oil production, for power generation, thereby reducing the current use of diesel power at well-sites and production facilities.

By harnessing waste gas, which is presently flared, the project will contribute not only to an overall reduction in emissions from Blocks 3&4, but also yield significant savings by curtailing diesel consumption and related rental costs.

According to Swedish energy firm Tethys Oil, which has a 30 per cent non-operating interest in the blocks, the Gas-to-Power project will have both environmental and economic benefits.

“The aim of the project is to comply with Oman’s regulation to prevent any routine flaring by 2030, as well as to reduce some other process-related and power generation-related emissions, to decrease the carbon intensity of oil production in Blocks 3&4,” it noted in its latest Sustainability Report.

“GHG emission should decrease significantly driven by elimination of emission from routing flaring