Reuters provides insight on oil drillers and Bitcoin miners bond over natural gas

Reuters took readers on a deep dive into how stray natural gas, unwanted by U.S. oil companies, is being converted on the spot into electricity to power a search for another treasure: cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. Oil companies face pressure from investors and government officials to reduce emissions that lead to global warming. Sometimes they give the gas away for free to cryptocurrency miners; other times they sell it.