ConocoPhillips Is Selling Extra Gas To Bitcoin Miners
With its Bitcoin pilot, ConocoPhillips is both monetizing energy that would otherwise be wasted and reducing its emissions.ConocoPhillips has one Bitcoin pilot project operating in North Dakota.The company is selling stranded gas to bitcoin miners in the Bakken, an oil-abundant region in the U.S.The setup allows the company to monetize gas that would otherwise be wasted while it reduces carbon emissions and enables a bitcoin miner to access cheap energy.Oil and gas giant ConocoPhillips has indirectly entered the bitcoin mining business.The company has spun up a pilot Bitcoin project in....
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