Summit addresses the burning issue of flare gas recovery with the presence of key industry leaders from across the Middle East.
Abu Dhabi, UAE : The Middle East and North African region flares about 30 billion cubic meters of associate gases every year. If recovered appropriately, these associate gases can be used as an alternative source of energy. Addressing this burning issue, the 2nd Annual Gas Flaring Management Summit opened today at the Le Royal Meredien, Abu Dhabi, UAE. The event, supported by the Ministry of Energy, UAE, saw the presence of key industry leaders from across the Middle East region, with the common motto of zero gas flaring.
The summit was inaugurated by the keynote address from His Excellency Dr. Matar Al Neyadi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Energy, UAE. Taking it forward, Nwokeabia Hillary, representing the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, addressed the audience on the age of natural gas and global economic transformations. His session focused on economic feasibility of using natural gases and applicable technologies to generate new sources of energy. Following the session, Abbas Hasan Shamsah and Amitabh Khobragade presented a case study on Mina - Al Alhmadi refinery's flare gas reduction strategy. The case study reflected the challenges faced by KNPC's MAA refinery in the past for reducing flaring. The speakers explained the strategies implemented by KNPC that helped reduce the quantity of associated gases.
The next session was presented by N. Pon Saravanan, Greenhouse Gas Management specialist, ORYX GTL. He helped the attendees understand ORYX GTL's initiatives towards achieving zero gas flaring. Omar Al Amri, Valve Specialist, Saudi Aramco and Khalis Mahmoud, Lead Rotating Equipment Engineer, PDO feed, Oman presented sessions on newly innovated technologies of assuring tight shut off flare isolation through recently developed high performance butterfly valve, and compressor selection for FGR services, respectively. Post the networking lunch, Richard Louwerse, Sales Director from leading solution provider Flow Serve, SIHI GmbH, explained how latest technologies can help recover flare gases in a safe and reliable way. Julius Bacani, Senior Environmental Engineer, RasGas, addressed the audience with essential elements to effectively manage flare emissions.
Discussing how flare gas reduction results in energy savings, El Mahjoub Maliha, representing The Sniffers, a leading solution provider in fugitive emission reduction, interested the audience with topics such as process optimization and effective valve detections to name a few. Day one of the summit ended with a panel discussion on whether flare gas recovery is an environmental movement or a new financial strategy. The panelists shared their views on topics such as the ROI on flare gas recovery benefits of reducing environmental footprints and if zero gas flaring can be achieved or it is just a myth.
The second day tomorrow will see the presence of esteemed dignitaries from leading organizations such as ADCO, ADMA-OPCO, National Iranian Oil Company, Dana Petroleum and more. They will address sessions related to effective flare management through systematized approach for designing, exploring technologies and concepts for creating value from flared and vented gases and zero flaring achievement in ethylene plants to name a few. Solution provider DNV GL will also present a session on exploring technologies and concepts for creating value from flared and vented gas.
The Gas Flaring Management summit is an initiative towards zero gas flaring in the energy sector. The event is supported by leading solution providers, Flow serve, The Sniffers, NASH, GARO, Lumasense Technologies, Flaretech, Flex Energy and Zeeco.
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