Pearl GTL

The Project, The Plant & The Products

Sabeur Mansar

Business Development Manager - Qatar Shell

What is gas-to-liquids?Methane

(natural gas)Oxygen

(from air)+

+

water

Fischer-Tropsch (FT) distillates(normal paraffins)

Hydrogen Carbon monoxide

Syngas

Project

Pearl GTL overview

• Fully integrated project: “From reservoir to market”

• ~1,600 MMscf/d well head gas

• 140,000 b/d capacity for GTL products

• 120,000 boe/d upstream products

• Start-up: first train around end of the decade

Ras Laffan

Project

Based on proven technology… from laboratory to world-scale plant

Laboratory: Amsterdam – 1970’s

Pilot plant: Amsterdam 1983

Commercial plant: Bintulu 1993

World scale plant: Pearl GTL – around end

of decade

Project

Onshore dimensions

2.5 km22.5 km2

Pearl GTL

Plot Size:

Construction:Piping ~100,000 tons Structural steel 100,000 tons Equipment 100,000 tonsManhours 200 mln+Workforce 35,000+

Process:Shaft power consumption 1,200 MW

Steam generation 8,000 tons/hr

Catalysts (5 processes) >5,000 tons

Plant

Pearl GTL is truly world scale

• World’s largest GTL plant

• World’s largest oxygen plant built at one time

• World’s largest system for full recovery of industrial process water

• One of the world’s largest hydro-crackers built in one location

Plant

Onshore progress

1st Gas turbine generator rotor

1st GTL reactor (1200 MT) ready for shipment 1st GTL Reactor (1200 MT) Ready for Shipment

Feed gas preparation foundation construction

Feed gas preparation pipe rack foundations

Fabrication shops in west lay down area

Plant

Design: By-products Use

NaturalGas Fischer Tropsch

Synthesis Hydrocracking-CO + 2H2 -CH2-

SyngasManufacturing

CH4 SyngasManufacturing

GasTreatment

Sell

Sulphur (480 t/day)

R&DConcrete & asphalt

+ O2

Plant coolingSystem

Water(~1400 m3/hr)

Deep Treating

Re-use in process

Once-through sea water cooling not

required

No waste water discharge to sea

Plant

Fischer TropschSynthesis Hydrocracking

CO + 2H2 -CH2-

SyngasManufacturing

CH4CH4CH4 SyngasManufacturing

GasTreatment

NaturalGas

Flue gases

• > 99% sulphur removed • NOx controls• No operational flaring

Heat

Recovered & reused• Process heating• Steam for turbo machinery• Desalination

Volatile Hydrocarbons

• No operational venting

• Floating roof tanks

• Vapour recovery for loading

On lifecycle basis CO2emissions equivalent to those from a modern and complex refinery

CO2

+ O2

Design: Reducing Air Emissions Plant

Industry LCA studies show the GHG emissions of a GTL system to be comparable to a complex refinery system

Scope for further improvements

GTL process efficiency

Advanced GTL

Greenhouse Gases(CO2 equivalents)

System -Potential

(ProcessEfficiency)

0GTLREFINERY

100%

GTLGTL

Potential

(EngineEfficiency)

System -Use of productsTransport to usersProduction of productsExtraction of feedstock

GHG Emissions - Life Cycle AnalysisPlant

GTL product slate GTL naphtha A top quality feedstock for the petrochemical industry

GTL keroseneDomestic heating fuel /

trialed as a highPerformance fuel for

aviation & marine applications

GTL fuelSuperior performance and environmentally friendly fuel for diesel engines. Pearl GTL will produce

enough fuel for all buses & taxis in 20 mega cities

GTL base oilsPearl GTL will be world’s

largest manufacturer of top tier Group III base oils

GTL normal paraffinsDetergent feedstock

Volumes for Pearl GTL

LPG

Ethane

Condensate

GTL naphthaGTL normal paraffin

GTL gasoil

GTL kerosene

GTL base oils

> 1MTPA

> 1MTPA

> 2MTPA

Upstream products

(120k boe/d)

GTL products(140k b/d)

0.5 MTPA

Products

GTL kerosene for emerging markets - Kenya

In simple wick lamps, GTL kerosene emits:

•138% more light

• 65% less carbon monoxide

•79% less particulates

Products

GTL kerosene for aircraft

Better thermal stabilityZero aromatics – SLower luminosity flameMore energy per kgAir quality improvement

Enhanced engine performance (hotter engines)Reduced soot emissions (contrails & air quality)Longer engine lifeAircraft to weigh less thus require less energy Reduced lower ground emissions from APU

On 13th November 2007 at the Dubai Air show an agreement was signed to research and scientifically quantify the benefits

of GTL kerosene in aviation engines.

Products

GTL gasoil for marine applicationsIndicative GTL emissions benefit over conventional marine gasoil

• Significant reduction in key local emissions

• Improved toxicity and biodegradability also a benefit in sensitive marine environments

• On 22nd November 2007, first marine trial with Shell GTL Fuel was launched in Northern Holland

Source: Shell

CO2 NOx SOx PMB

enef

it (%

)0

20

40

60

80

Emission type

Products

GTL fuel: A cost effective vehicle fuel solution for mega-cities

• 25 mega-cities >10 Mn population; 68 mega-cities > 4.5 Mn population

AmericasMexico CityNew YorkLos AngelesSao PauloBuenos AiresRio de JaneiroSan FranciscoEuropeLondonMoscowParis

ChinaShanghaiBeijingChungkingTianjinHong KongIndiaBombayDelhiCalcuttaMadrasBangalore

Other AsiaTokyoOsakaSeoulJakartaManilaBangkokNagoya

Mega-cities around the world today

Products

Shanghai Bus Trials

• GTL fuel most beneficial in mega-cities where air quality is under strain

• Pearl GTL: buses & taxis in > 20 mega-cities

• GTL fuel in dedicated engines for bus & taxi fleets, can further improve air quality (NOx, PM), CO2 emissions and fuel economy

PEARL GTL

A world-scale Project

A state-of-the-art designed Plant

And superior Products