Syngas to value added products in Alberta, Canada

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1 1 Syngas to value added products in Alberta, Canada Eddy Isaacs President, Eddy Isaacs Inc. Strategic Advisor, Faculty of Engineering University of Alberta

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3 3 Outline of Presentation 1. Fugitive and stranded sources of natural gas 2. Potential for modular GTL smaller plants 3. Waste biomass to biofuels and value added products 4. Summary

4 4 XTL- Converts low grade feedstocks to higher value products Natural Gas Liquid Fuels gasoline, diesel, jet fuels, EtOH, DME Coal X Syngas Hydrogen Biomass/MSW CO+ H 2 Chemicals CO, MeOH, NH 3, olefins

5 5 Canada s 2014 emissions breakdown by IPCC sectors (2016 National Inventory Report) Agriculture 59 Mt CO 2 e (8%) Industrial Processes 51 Mt CO 2 e (7%) Waste 29 Mt CO 2 e (4%) Energy Fugitive Sources 60 Mt CO 2 e (8%) Energy Transport 203 Mt CO 2 e (28%) Energy Stationary Combustion Sources 331 Mt CO 2 e (45%) Total: 732 Mt CO 2 e

6 Sources of methane emissions 6 Cold Production tanks

7 7 Canada s 2014 GHG emissions from fugitive sources (2016 National Inventory Report) Oil 7 Mt CO 2 e (12%) Natural Gas Leakage 13 Mt CO 2 e (22%) Flaring 6 Mt CO 2 e (10%) Venting 32 Mt CO 2 e (54%) Coal Mining 1 Mt CO 2 e (2%) Total: 60 Mt CO 2 e

8 Flaring and venting? Understanding the Challenges 8 Most Canadian emitting sources are small and economically unattractive to monetize Low single site volumes, unsteady supply & quality Will require integration with a conventional steady supply and infrastructure Regulatory process drivers Alberta s target is 45% reduction of methane emissions from O&G operations by 2025 Mandatory requirements for reducing flaring, incinerating and venting of associated gas Improved measurement and reporting

9 9 Alberta Driver: Undervalued gas resources (Year end 2012 Based on publicly available data) Abandoned or nonproducing gas pools

10 GTL Technologies 10 Proven commercial technologies e.g. Sasol, Shell Capital intensive Economic at large capacities > 30,000 bpd and at high oil/gas price ratios New modular technologies Lower capex More efficient.lower GHG intensities Smaller plants may become economically viable Could monetize shut-in, flare &, vented gas resources A number of new technologies are at different stages of commercial readiness and need to be evaluated for specific applications

11 11 Creating value: gas-to-liquid (GTL) technologies (Alberta Innovates Energy & Environment Solutions) TECHNOLOGIES EVALUATED Syngas Generation Haldor Topsoe HTAS Praxair OTM Johnson Matthey CMR Primus Green Energy Ceramatec Gas2 CPOX Syngas Conversion Haldor Topsoe HTAS Johnson Matthey Primus Green Energy Velocys Ceramatec GasTechno (Direct NG conversion)

12 Preliminary IRR 12 GTL: Positive economics(irr %) for new modular technologies 20 Alberta specific applications SAGD bpd Greenfield 5000 bpd Specialty/Lubes 5000 bpd Flare Gas bpd The colors refer to different product slates for a given plant capacity

13 13 Edmonton Waste Management Centre

14 City of Edmonton waste to biofuels facility 14 First of a kind commercial demonstration plant Converts City of Edmonton MSW into methanol and ethanol Advanced Energy Research and Piloting Facility Gasifier: Biomass to syngas - methanol synthesis Catalytic research lab: Chemical synthesis World class center of excellence Attracting GTL and BTL piloting projects Accelerates development of new technologies

15 15 World s first commercial MSW-to-biofuels and chemicals facility Economic Benefits 150 Direct Permanent Jobs $64 million increase in net economic spending ENERKEM ALBERTA BIOFUELS Capacity: Converts 100,000 tonnes/year MSW into 38 mill litres/year of biomethanol Feedstock: 25-year agreement GHG reduction: 6 million tonnes over 25 years

16 16 AI-EES/City of Edmonton/Enerkem waste to biofuels plant From lab to commercial (14 years in the making) R & D Piloting Demonstration Commercial On-going optimization of demo plant Advanced Energy Research Facility Pilot plant Enerkem Biofuels Plant Applied Research M litres/year methanol & ethanol from municipal waste

17 17 AERF Attracting new R&D investment and fostering collaboration NAIT/UofA Biomass to DME Enerkem Biogas to syngas Forge Agricultural feedstocks to renewable fuels Enerkem Biofuels GHG reduction & CO 2 utilization MTR Advanced Membranes for H 2 separation & CO 2 Capture Liquid Light CO 2 to high value chemicals Advanced Energy Research Facility American Chemical Council Renewable Fuels from recycle Plastics Enerkem, U of A, BioFuelNet 2nd generation biomass & CO 2 to biofuels Genomatica/US DoE Mega-Bio Coproduction of fuels & chemicals

18 18 MTR: Polymeric membrane for CO 2 & H 2 separation Advantages High flux -low pressure operation Replaces rectisol CO 2 capture Increases H 2 production Lower cost H 2 and CO 2 separation Test H 2 -selective and CO 2 -selective membranes modules Phase 1: membrane performance waste-to-methanol process Phase 2: membrane CO 2 capture process from ATR for H 2 production

19 Convert CO 2 into dimethyl carbonate via dry reforming 19 Synthesis of Dimethyl Carbonate Dry reforming of CO 2 CO 2 + CH 4 2H 2 + 2CO Convert CO2 into synthesis gas (dry reforming) and into dimethyl carbonate (DMC) Once the technologies are demonstrated they will be implemented at Enerkem s commercial waste-to-biofuels Catalytic research lab at the Advanced Energy Research Facility

20 Clean 50 award

21 Summary 21 Joint government- industry program to evaluate GTL opportunities in Alberta Preliminary results show positive economic potential for a number of technologies and applications Provides valuable information and guidance for individual companies considering a site specific field demonstration Municipal solid waste to biofuels solution to landfills AI-EES/Enerkem/City of Edmonton project - 300,000 tpy MSW to 38 million litres per year methanol & ethanol Advanced Energy Research Facility: Well suited to advance new gas- and biomass-to-liquids and related chemical technologies

22 22 Thank You