The pilot for the first Middle Eastern deployment is expected to launch by the end of the year or early 2023.
“Oman is committed to reduce greenhouse gases in line with the Paris climate agreement”.
The Oman government reportedly signed on with the World Bank to end routine flaring by 2030, and invested in Crusoe last year. Oman increased its stake in the company this past April.
This is what world bank says about their own initiative after 10 years on it:
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2022/05/04/a-decade-of-stalled-progress-on-reducing-global-gas-flaring
Meanwhile BTC mining is doing waymore than their centralized initiatives, bravo @CrusoeEnergy
Here is the article from Bloomberg, referenced in the Bitcoin Magazine article:
Oman Backs U.S. Firm Mining Crypto to Cut Natural Gas Flaring
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-01/oman-backs-u-s-firm-mining-crypto-to-cut-natural-gas-flaring
https://archive.ph/bGtkL