This Utah oil producer was wasting natural gas. Now it uses it to mine cryptocurrency.

The company was torching gas it couldn’t transport. Then its younger employees had an idea.

(Brian Maffley | Tribune file photo) The Blue Hills natural gas processing plant north of Moab was served by a pipeline that Utah regulators shut down last year. That forced Wesco Operating Co, to flare vast amounts of natural gas, but now the company is using that gas to fuel “mining” for cryptocurrency.

This Utah oil producer was wasting natural gas. Now it uses it to mine cryptocurrency.

The company was torching gas it couldn’t transport. Then its younger employees had an idea.

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