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Dealing with Gas Pains in Offshore Oilfield Developments
A unique alliance for offshore GTL

3 proven and operational GTL processes today
World scale GTL

300MMscf/d ++
CompactGTL
<= 150MMscf/d
Conventional GTL vs. CompactGTL
CompactGTL
Modular Plant
1,000bbl/d plant
1 Football field
Shell Pearl Plant - Qatar

140,000 bbl/d GTL products
350 football fields
Why is this now possible?
Conventional
Conventional
FT reactor
Steam 10x increase in
Fixed bed or
Reformer / ATR specific
slurry phase throughput
Compact Compact
SMR FT
Reactor Reactor
CompactGTL reactors using brazed plate & fin construction

Mini-channel CompactGTL reactors
Automated catalyst insertion

and removal
Corrugated metallic catalyst inserts Brazed plate-fin reactor

maximise active surface area construction minimises metal
per channel content and weight
SMR reactor core construction
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Commercial Demonstration Plant
World’s first modular fully • Gas pre-treatment
integrated GTL facility! • Pre-reforming
• Reforming
• Waste heat recovery
• Process steam generation
• Syngas compression
• Fischer Tropsch synthesis
• FT cooling water system
• Tail gas recycling
Plant commissioned in December 2010.

CompactGTL technology now approved
by Petrobras for deployment
Image shown courtesy of Petrobras

Technology scale up completed
Commercial CompactGTL FT Reactors: Constructed by
Sumitomo
Comprise proven reactor cores modularised into 40’
containerised packages by Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Process overview
gas treatment Syngas production FT synthesis
FT cooling System
steam
pre-wash
mercury
gas removal pre- SMR 1 SMR 2 steam FT 1 FT 2
reactor reactor generation syngas reactor reactor
feed reformer
heating modules modules (WHB) compressor modules modules
sulphur
removal
No Oxygen
Required ! water
treatment
High CO2 product flash

Possible ! HC rich tail-gas
GT drivers syncrude
H2 rich tail-
gas
Wide ranging applications
Onshore Offshore
5 - 150 MMscf/d Up to ≈ 50 MMscf/d
50 – 1,500 MMscm/yr Up to ≈ 4,000 bopd syncrude
≈ 500 – 15,000 bopd syncrude or diesel FPSO production up to ≈ 60 kbopd crude
• Avoid costly gas export or re-injection

• Monetise stranded & shale gas • Avoid flaring restrictions & penalties
• Convert associated gas • Extended Well Test Facilities
• Avoid flaring restrictions & penalties • Early Production Systems
• Unconventional gas – UCG , CBM • Full Field Development FPSO
What is the market for offshore GTL ?
Stranded Oil !
$ $$ $
What makes some oil “stranded” ?
Gas re-injection is :
Remote oilfields with
- Not feasible or..
enforced gas flaring
- Expensive or..
legislation
- A risk to the reservoir
STOP !
Gas export is :
- Not feasible or..
No infrastructure
- Expensive or..
- Has no fair gas buyer
Options for associated gas
Distance to market for converted product
500
Reinjection & Flaring

FLNG
[km]
150
CNG
75
Gas to Wire Pipeline
50 200 400
Associated Gas MMscf/d
Completed study for EWT vessel with CompactGTL facility
GTL Gas Feed 37 MM scf/d

Crude production 30,000 bbls/d
Syncrude product 2,200 bbls/d
NGL product 200 bbls/d
Produced water 10,000 bbls/d
Image courtesy of SBM Offshore

The EWTV GTL application
• Strong application for early

adopters of CGTL technology
• Enables valuable, long term

well testing whilst complying
with gas flaring legislation
• ROI derives from the ‘Value of

Information’ gathered on
reservoir performance
characteristics
• Proven robustness to handle a Convert the associated gas into syncrude

wide range of gas compositions Co-mingle and transport with the natural
and flow rates crude
FPSO conceptual study design basis
• Double hull Suezmax conversion
• ~1 MM bl storage capacity
• ~32,000 bl/day oil production rates
• Gas rates based on GOR’s typical of pre-salt
• ~ 25MMscf/d gas rate to GTL
• Dynamic Positioning
• One or two subsea wells connected via flexible risers and a dis-
connectable buoy.
• Disconnect feature allows risers and buoy to be pre-installed on 2nd field
during the production operations on the 1st field, thus minimising
downtime between re-locations.
• Disconnect feature can also be used for extreme weather or DP failure
• Topsides power via GTs fuelled with NG or hydrogen rich fuel gas.
Utility integration opportunities
• Hydrogen permeate/tail gas used to generate topsides power via GT’s.
Allowing displacement of more associated gas to the process so increasing
yield.
• Steam and heat for start up provided via vessel auxiliary boilers.
• Waste heat from the GTL process used for heating duties associated with
crude oil separation, processing and storage
• Alcohols recovered from FT produced water used for hydrate suppression
and as a start up fuel.
• FT produced water can be treated and re-used

in the process, or discharged to the
centralised FPSO produced water treatment
system.
• Various water treatment options available
depending on local environmental
regulations.
Safety
• Special attention has been

given to the safety of the GTL
process offshore.
• Key areas of process and novel
equipment design have been
identified, risks assessed and
mitigation steps implemented .
• “Approval in principle”
notification achieved from an
offshore certifying authority in
February 2012
Modular plant critical for FPSO application
• High availability – via multiple SMR & FT reactor modules in parallel

• High turn-down & flexibility
• Exchangeable 100 bopd equivalent SMR & FT reactor modules
• No catalyst replacement offshore
• Flameless SMR process with no
oxygen supply required
• Wide range of feed gas
compositions accommodated
• Offshore certification authority :
“Approval in Principal”
A ‘Win-Win’ for IOCs, NOCs and Governments
IOCs
• Enhance production
• Unlock new discoveries
• Increase recoverable reserves
• Add gas reserves to balance sheet
NOCs
• Increase in PSC profit oil
• Greater tax revenues
• Environmental “Kudos”
Governments
• Preserve and utilise National natural resources
• Gain access to World Bank finance
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What are the three proven and operational GTL processes today?

What are the three proven and operational GTL processes today?

What are the differences between conventional GTL and CompactGTL?

What are the differences between conventional GTL and CompactGTL?

Dealing with Gas Pains in Offshore Oilfield Developments

A unique alliance for offshore GTL

World scale GTL

Shell Pearl Plant - Qatar

CompactGTL reactors using brazed plate & fin construction

Automated catalyst insertion

Corrugated metallic catalyst inserts Brazed plate-fin reactor

Plant commissioned in December 2010.

Image shown courtesy of Petrobras

High CO2 product flash

• Avoid costly gas export or re-injection

Reinjection & Flaring

GTL Gas Feed 37 MM scf/d

Image courtesy of SBM Offshore

• Strong application for early

• Enables valuable, long term

• ROI derives from the ‘Value of

• Proven robustness to handle a Convert the associated gas into syncrude

• FT produced water can be treated and re-used

• Special attention has been

• High availability – via multiple SMR & FT reactor modules in parallel

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