UAE FLARE LINE IN CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A JOINT venture run by the United Arab Emirates' Masdar and Abu Dhabi Gas Industries (GASCO) has registered a gas flaring reduction device with the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism. The technology will be installed at Abu Dhabi emirate's Asab and Bab gas processing plants and create 7,770 tradeable Certified Emission Reductions annually - each representing one tonne of CO2.

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