Fifteen years ago fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, irrevocably changed the global oil and gas sector. Today, technology developed in the wake of that transformation could be a catalyst to solve a major environmental problem around Middle Eastern oil production.
Tarek El Barkatawy, CEO of Egypt’s Tanmia Petroleum Company, is the man spearheading the introduction of small-scale, mobile, natural gas processing units to the Middle East.