Flaring during upset conditions remains a stubborn source of emissions, even on zero-flaring sites. At ADIPEC 2024, KHIMOD and ADNOC Onshore presented a study showing how that CO₂ could become e-crude and, ultimately, Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF).
The process occurs in two steps inside KHIMOD’s Heat-Exchanger Reactor. First, a reverse Water Gas Shift stage converts CO₂ and green hydrogen into syngas. Then, Fischer-Tropsch chemistry transforms the syngas into synthetic hydrocarbons, which are modified to resemble kerosene for SAF blending.
The business case modeled a real-field scenario in which 5 MMSCF of flared gas per month is converted into 757 tons per year of e-crude, 44% of which is SAF-grade, at a production cost of around $3.14 per kilogram — competitive among current SAF production methods of this scale.
