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Since its inception in 2006, CompactGTL has focused its entire technology development and commercialization programmed exclusively on the upstream oil & gas sector, recognizing problematic stranded gas as the most compelling market opportunity.
The original research, started in the year 2000 as part of the renowned UK Atomic Energy Authority R&D programmed at Harwell, established and tested at lab scale the key steps required for a small-scale GTL process. Since then, CGTL has focused its development activities on delivering what commercially viable plants need to achieve for the target market. Those key requirements, all of which have been successfully demonstrated, are: -
•High availability – robust and reliable operation to take priority over process efficiency
•Suitable for oilfield conditions – ability to accommodate short- and long-term fluctuations in feed gas composition and flow rate, as well as fast shutdown and re-start scenarios
•Deployable in remote locations with poor logistics – proprietary process modules the size of shipping containers individually weighing no more than 30 tones
•Maintainability – long service intervals giving low OPEX in remote locations
•ASME VIII code compliant and certifiable equipment – process module manufacturing utilising established, certifiable manufacturing techniques
•Mass produced – utilise established world class companies to form a supply chain to ensure quality and volume delivery for the proprietary items
•Suitable for onshore and offshore deployment and use
•CAPEX and OPEX fall within the ranges required for economic viability
•Oil company demonstration of fully integrated process at meaningful scale
To deliver on these requirements, CGTL qualified and competitively selected world class partners, for reactor design and manufacture, catalyst manufacture, balance of plant engineering and technology development support.