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Technology for a more efficient energy future
Industrial gas separation, hydrocarbon recovery and carbon-management technology opportunities, developed with Borna Technology.
Project development, not completed installations.
This page describes technology and opportunities under development. Tarrabin Consulting works on the commercial side: the business case, partnerships and project development. The technology belongs to Borna Technology and its engineers. No commissioned installation is described here.
Four steps, in plain terms.
1. Gas stream in
Mixed gas from an industrial source, such as a stream that would otherwise be flared, is cleaned and brought to the pressure the membrane needs.
2. Membrane separation
The gas passes across a membrane. Some components move through the membrane faster than others, so the stream splits in two: one richer in the target components and one leaner.
3. Recovery
The useful stream, for example heavier hydrocarbons, is collected for sale or reuse. Where a stream contains carbon dioxide, it can be separated for handling.
4. What happens next
Recovered gas is a product. Separated carbon dioxide still needs somewhere to go. Separation is one step. Permanent storage is a different project and is not claimed here.
General description of membrane gas separation. Performance depends on the gas stream and the design, so no efficiency or recovery figures are published here. Specifications come from Borna Technology on request. Background reading: Baker and Lokhandwala, Natural Gas Processing with Membranes: An Overview, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 2008.
Where it can apply.
Flare-gas recovery
Recovering hydrocarbons from gas that would otherwise be burned.
Gas separation
Splitting a mixed industrial gas stream into more useful parts.
Hydrocarbon and LPG recovery
Collecting heavier hydrocarbons as a saleable product.
Carbon dioxide separation
Where the gas stream and the equipment support it. Separation is not storage.
What a project has to prove.
The gas
How much, how steady and what it contains. This decides whether recovery pays.
The buyer
Who takes the recovered product and at what price.
The measurement
Any emissions benefit has to be measured on the operating unit. We do not publish estimates as results.
Four markets, all in development.
- QatarIn development
Business-development meetings, economic and technical proposals, market assessments and discussions with prospective clients.
- KuwaitIn development
Economic presentations, gas recovery and treatment proposals, scope review and business-development coordination.
- OmanIn development
Partnership development through Borna Technology.
- LebanonIn development
Borna-related international activity.
International technology activity operates under Borna Technology. Tarrabin Consulting has no branches in these countries. No signed project award, operating facility or measured outcome is claimed for any of them.
Indigenous-led environmental opportunities.
Energy technology projects can be structured for community participation: economic participation, business development, training and employment, and long-term community benefit. Any project of this kind is the community's to lead and to announce. No Nation partnership is named or implied here.
Mohamed Tarrabin's role.
Mohamed Tarrabin has been a shareholder in Borna Technology since 2023 and works on commercial strategy, partnerships and business development. He holds a diploma in Instrumentation Engineering Technology from NAIT (2014). He did not invent the technology and does not hold an engineering licence. Engineering is done by Borna Technology's own team.
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