➡️We flare billions of dollars’ worth of energy every year.
Globally, ~147 billion cubic meters of natural gas are flared annually - gas that could generate ~700 TWh of electricity every year.
➡️This is stranded energy with real economic and environmental value that is simply burned off at flare stacks for the lack of better technology to use it at the wellhead.
Bitcoin mining technology offers a way to monetize this stranded gas:
✅Onsite utilization
Instead of building costly pipelines, operators deploy generators directly at oil wells. Flared gas becomes electricity, electricity becomes hash-rate.
✅Speed and mobility
Modular generators and containerized mining setups deploy in weeks, not years. No new transmission lines. No long-term grid contracts.
✅Reduced emissions
Real-world flaring is inefficient, releases unburned methane; a far more potent greenhouse gas than CO₂.
➡️Controlled combustion through generators significantly reduces methane slip. It’s already happening in:
🇳🇬Nigeria - companies like
Green Flare
and
NRG Bloom
are capturing gas in the Niger Delta to power Bitcoin mining data centers, reducing waste while generating revenue.
🇺🇸 USA - firms like
Crusoe
deploy mobile flare mitigation systems in Texas and North Dakota, reportedly cutting millions of tons of CO₂ compared to baseline flaring.
ExxonMobil
pilot projects using excess gas for Bitcoin mining show that even legacy energy incumbents find economic logic in this model.
➡️Bitcoin mining isn’t a silver bullet.
But as a location-agnostic, interruptible, revenue-generating load, it may be one of the most practical tools we have for turning stranded methane energy into productive infrastructure.
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