{"id":88344,"date":"2023-12-16T15:58:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T13:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=88344"},"modified":"2025-09-13T17:27:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T14:27:42","slug":"unblock-raises-15m-for-flare-gas-mining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/unblock-raises-15m-for-flare-gas-mining\/","title":{"rendered":"Unblock raises $15m for flare-gas mining"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mining company Unblock Global has raised more than $15m from Crusoe Energy, Pampa Energia and Petrocuyo. This was announced by the founder of the firm, Thomas Ocampo.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are already the second miner with flare gas in the world! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnblockComputos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UnblockComputos<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>With an investment of more than $15M in Argentina, alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrusoeEnergy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CrusoeEnergy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PampaEnergia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PampaEnergia<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/petrocuyo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Petrocuyo<\/a> we make $200M of Vaca Muerta oil produced with fewer emissions <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PluspetrolARG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PluspetrolARG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tecpetrol?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Tecpetrol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zHS5dqm9YG\">pic.twitter.com\/zHS5dqm9YG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tomas Ocampo (@tomasoc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomasoc\/status\/1735077361597534705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\n<cite>&#8220;We have become the second flare-gas miner in the world,&#8221; he wrote, showing the facilities.<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Unblock intends to mine cryptocurrency from flare gas from the Vaca Muerta field in Argentina. It is the world\u2019s second-largest shale gas field by reserves.<\/p>\n<p>According to U.S. Ambassador to Argentina Marc R. Stanley, this approach to mining &#8220;will help the country achieve its climate goals, save energy and allow for earnings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Me encanta ver a empresas estadounidenses y argentinas trabajar juntas para resolver problemas y ayudar al medio ambiente. Los genios de Crusoe y Unblock Global descubrieron una manera de quemar metano y generar electricidad. Esto no s\u00f3lo ayuda a Argentina a cumplir sus\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UxDNSt57xM\">pic.twitter.com\/UxDNSt57xM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Embajador Marc R. Stanley (@USAmbassadorARG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USAmbassadorARG\/status\/1735419793258197427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\n<cite>&#8220;I enjoy watching American and Argentine companies work together to solve problems and help the environment,&#8221; he wrote.<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In March 2022, it became known that oil giant ExxonMobil participated in a pilot project to use flare gas at wells in North Dakota <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bloomberg-exxonmobil-involved-in-bitcoin-mining-using-flare-gas\">to power bitcoin mining<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in August 2023, the American company Nodal Power raised $13 million for <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/nodal-power-raises-13m-for-garbage-mining\">the mining of digital assets \u201con waste\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mining company Unblock Global raised more than $15m from Crusoe Energy, Pampa Energia and Petrocuyo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1137,1133],"class_list":["post-88344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cryptocurrency-mining","tag-venture-investments"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"34","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88346,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88344\/revisions\/88346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}