Gas Flaring Reduction at Neelam & Heera Asset

Audit Analysis

A CDM gas flaring reduction project with a VVB-confirmed combined additionality test and standard methodology (AM0009), but undermined by a material finding that the Neelam Platform compressor was non-operational throughout the entire monitoring period, a 10× discrepancy in lifetime ERR figures between the validation report and monitoring report, and a project-specific baseline. The project's operational reliability and data consistency raise meaningful concerns about the robustness of its verified reductions.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Material finding: technical snags at Neelam Platform caused non-operation of the compressor during the entire monitoring period (2012-12-24 to 2013-12-31), casting doubt on whether the 20,430 tCO2e verified reductions were actually attributable to project activity
• ⚠10× discrepancy in lifetime ERR: the validation report (Oct 2012) states 658,110 tCO2e while the monitoring report (Mar 2014) states 65,811 tCO2e — a factor-of-ten difference that suggests a possible transcription error or fundamental inconsistency in the project's quantification
• ⚠18 Corrective Action Requests were raised and closed during verification, indicating significant documentation or methodological issues that had to be remediated before the monitoring report could be accepted

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