Africa's largest flare to power project

Driving efficiency:

THE CHALLENGE
Reduce costs, enhance efficiency, and meet regulations
THE SOLUTION
A bespoke package, leaving nothing out
THE IMPACT
The Zeros make all the difference

Client:Oil & Gas Production Company

Location:Western Desert, Egypt

Sectors:Oil and Gas

THE CHALLENGE

Reduce costs, enhance efficiency, and meet regulations

The goal is simple. Reducing costs and improving efficiency of oil & gas operations all while reducing emissions as part of the World Bank’s Zero Routine
Flaring by 2030 (ZRF).

With one of the biggest oil fields in the western desert, our customer has a goal to reduce flaring by 40% in Egypt and required an efficient innovative solution to inch closer to the goal in line with
their long-term strategy.

Operating with scattered diesel generators over every single well and when gas capacity is reached, the
only solution is to shut in production or send excess
gas to flare, the result is significant costs to electrify
the production field and an impact on the environment through the emission of CO2, black carbon, and other pollutants. Also, it is wasting
a valuable energy resource that could be used to advance the sustainable development
of Egypt.

$25 mTotal savings

20%Reduction in flaring - approximately 2 million cubic feet per day of flared gas volume

80,000 LitresOf diesel saving a day

52,348tonsOf C02 annual carbon emissions savings

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THE SOLUTION

A bespoke package, leaving nothing out

As their existing power partner, we were first in line to
offer support. Following extensive consultations and
the results from the gas analysis extracted from site by Aggreko’s Gas Chromatograph. We were confident that we had a compelling environmental, technical and commercial solution.

We proposed a solution to help reduce emissions and improve operations supporting our customer’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goal of
reducing routine flaring in upstream operations in Egypt and eliminate 1 million tonnes of CO2 from its
operations in three years.

Technical Offering

We delivered a bespoke centralised power plant using
gas-fired generators, transformers, and a complete
package of ancillaries eliminating the use of the diesel-powered generators.

All 26 wells are connected through an overhead
transmission line and supplied with 8 MW of
continuous power, with the ability to scale up to 15 MW allowing for further expansions making it the
largest flare to power project in Africa. The remaining
megawatts supply the field’s accommodation and
living quarters, as well as part of the field’s water
disposal system.

The inbuilt optimum spinning reserve and redundancy ensures that all load changes are handled smoothly with zero disruptions. Our PLC load management system is connected to the gas chromatograph to alert in case of any changes to the gas quality giving the order to the sets to change the outcome and maintain the 10 MW.

Along with our bespoke engineered solution, we are
providing the highest safety standards and best in
class operations and maintenance services with 24/7
support.

Commercial Offering

The project is structured so that it can either be
extended, or the client can purchase the entire plant
at the end of the project. This provides commercial
flexibility by allowing the customer to only pay for
the MWH for every MW consumed above 10 MW
and removing the need for heavy upfront capital
investment allowing both parties to focus on their
strengths.

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THE IMPACT

The Zeros make all the difference

With the largest flare to power site in Africa, our customer can now drill easy with minimal flaring, a total saving of around USD 25 million during the
contract duration, annual carbon emissions savings of
52,348.5 Tons of C02 while saving around 80,000 litres of diesel per day. All these, coupled with zero downtime, reduced non-productive time and lowered risk of vehicle-related incidents with the removal of diesel transport trucks from the road.

The project is operated by a combination of international and local skilled workforce with a training plan in place and facility on site to ensure ongoing skills transfer.