Iran to curb gas flaring in refineries
By Trend
Iran plans to bring the gas flaring in refineries to zero level, Marzieh Shahdaei the director at National Petrochemical Company said on January 17.
He said that it is also possible to convert the carbon dioxide of refineries touches to urea by using Ammonia.
According to a document, prepared by Iran’s Oil Ministry, the total amount of CO2 emissions in Iran stands at about 602 million tons per year, of which the share of refineries is about 2 percent.
Iran burns about a third of its associated gas in platforms and refineries (about 9 billion cubic meters per year) and some 3.5 bcm/y of gas is burnt in refineries, especially the newly commenced refineries of South Pars.
---
Follow us on Twitter @AzerNewsAz
Here we are to serve you with news right now. It does not cost much, but worth your attention.
Choose to support open, independent, quality journalism and subscribe on a monthly basis.
By subscribing to our online newspaper, you can have full digital access to all news, analysis, and much more.
You can also follow AzerNEWS on Twitter @AzerNewsAz or Facebook @AzerNewsNewspaper
Thank you!