Flare Gas Recovery and Utilization of Recovered Flare Gas for process heating requirements at IOCL, Haldia Refinery

Audit Analysis

A straightforward CDM flare-gas recovery project at IOCL Haldia Refinery with a VVB-confirmed combined additionality test and a well-known VVB (TÜV NORD), but undermined by three corrective action requests in the monitoring report (emission calculation error, missing energy meter, incorrect crediting-period start date), a project-specific modeled baseline, and a 0% leakage deduction that is only qualitatively justified. The project sits on the older CDM standard with no CORSIA or CCP eligibility information available, and only a single monitoring period is on record.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Three corrective action requests in the 2011 monitoring report: incorrect project-emission calculation (Case C tool), missing energy meter on the liquid-ring compressor, and an incorrect crediting-period start date — all indicating the initial monitoring submission was not fully reliable.
• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% with only a qualitative 'deemed negligible' justification and no quantified assessment, despite the project handling recovered flare gas where small losses during transfer and storage are plausible.
• ⚠CORSIA eligibility and CCP status are not stated in any available document, leaving the credit's market-channel risk unassessed.
• ⚠Only one monitoring period (Feb 2009 – Dec 2010) appears in the extracted record for a 10-year crediting period, limiting the ability to verify sustained performance.

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.