Overview

Yemen’s PetroMasila aims to transition from diesel power generation to natural gas from crude oil production to reduce flaring and lower related emissions.

The challenge

PetroMasila needed a fast solution to bring much-needed power to Yemen, a country where the distribution and transmission system was severely damaged in an 8-year-long military conflict.

The solution

PetroMasila will install GE’s modular TM2500 “power plant on wheels” in Yemen’s Hadramout region to use previously flared excess methane from the oil exploration and extraction processes to create electricity.

Outcomes

Making major strides in decarbonizing oil and gas production

50%

lower flared methane gas emissions

98%

plant reliability

50,000

homes can be powered with the TM2500

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Ending routine flaring at our oil production site is vital, both to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to conserve the gas for the generation of electricity in communities which rely on less-sustainable fuels, like diesel, for their energy needs.

General Manager of PetroMasila

Mohammed Bin Sumait

In oil exploration and production, gas is burnt and vented to regulate dangerously high and variable pressures during extraction. Not only is this process economically wasteful but it also leads to environmental pollution, as it contains methane and hydrocarbons which contribute to increasing greenhouse gases globally.

Yemeni state-owned Masila Petroleum Exploration and Production Company (PetroMasila) supports the Yemeni economy by efficiently developing the country’s hydrocarbon resources, and also by taking steps to help secure reliable power for the people living in the area.

Because large-scale power projects take years to develop and build, PetroMasila needed a quicker solution to bring much needed power to the people of Yemen. Following on the heels of a successful installation of three GE TM2500 units at Block 10 in Yemen’s East Shabwa region in 2018, PetroMasila recently ordered a fourth TM2500 to be installed at Block 14 in the Hadramout region.

Block 14’s TM2500 unit will provide up to 34 megawatts (MW) of electricity, based on the site’s conditions. Once connected to the local grid, about half of the electricity produced from the TM2500 at Block 14 will be delivered to the grid while the remainder will be used for oil extraction and production. GE’s TM2500* aeroderivative gas turbine will help PetroMasila transition from diesel to natural gas-based power generation.

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GE’s TM2500 aeroderivative gas turbine will help PetroMasila’s goal to reduce the carbon intensity of its hydrocarbon production facilities in Yemen.

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