Flaring reduction and methane capture are exactly the kind of claim FTDAO's privacy-preserving verification layer was designed for — an operator can prove a reduction without exposing raw field or well-level data.
An oil & gas operator reducing flaring or capturing methane has a real claim worth verifying — but the underlying field, well, or facility-level data behind that claim is often commercially sensitive, or simply not something an operator wants public.
The network's current document-based verification pipeline works, but it asks a project to hand over documentation to reviewers. The planned ZK-dMRV layer is designed specifically to remove that trade-off.
Flaring sensors, methane monitors, SCADA data — stays on the operator's own systems.
Computes avoided CO₂e off-chain, generates a zk-SNARK proof.
Minted per verified tCO₂e, burned when a company retires it against a claim.
Illustrative claims this category is designed around — none of these are live today.
A verified reduction in volume flared over a reporting period, without publishing raw production data.
Avoided CO₂e from captured methane that would otherwise have vented or been flared.
An immutable, non-double-counted record that a specific claim was used and retired.
The ZK-dMRV layer described above is a planned architectural evolution, not something live today. No oil & gas project has completed onboarding as of this writing. See whitepaper Sections 6.4 and 11.6 for the full architecture and its risks.