Problem
The client had developed a new technology whereby they were going to re-route previously flared gas on the wellsite, to power a group of computer banks to mine for cryptocurrency. This operation was more environmentally-friendly in that gas would no longer be flared and had the potential to be very profitable for the client as the biggest cost in cryptocurrency mining is the power generation. The issue was this operation was new to the insurance market - was it a technology risk, an oil and gas risk, or both?