Emerging Feedstocks Olefin - Jacobs
Emerging Feedstocks Olefin - Jacobs
Emerging Feedstocks Olefin - Jacobs
Noor Jivraj
Group Manager, Refining & Petrochemicals
Jacobs Consultancy Ltd., London
noor.jivraj@jacobs.com
Agenda
• Drivers for Alternatives to Refined Crude for petrochemicals
manufacture
• Topical Alternative Feed Stocks – Shale Gas, Coal and
Agricultural Feed Stocks
• Coal Chemicals – Methanol to Olefins via Synthesis Gas
• Coal Chemicals – Mono-Ethylene Glycol
• Coal Chemicals - Acetylene Based Chemicals - VCM for PVC –
competitive economics and prospects
• Shale Gas – Reserve Judgment ??
• Conclusions
Drivers for Alternatives to Refined
Crude for petrochemicals
manufacture
Drivers that are changing the feedstock horizon
• Routes from succinic acid to BDO, adipic acid and caprolactam look
promising
Coal Chemicals – Coal to Olefins via
Synthesis Gas and Methanol
Coal to syngas and methanol is well proven
process and widely practiced
• DICP has commercialized its MTO technology at Shenhua Baotao, further plants are
underway including an olefins cracking process to improve selectivity
• Shanghai Research’s S-MTO technology is now commercialized at Zhongyuan
• LURGI’s MTP process yields propylene, gasoline, ethylene and LPG – 2 plants operating
with ~1 Million tons Propylene
• UOP’s HYDRO process has “tunable” C2:C3 ratio between 0.45:0.55 to 0.55:0.45 allowing
customization to downstream derivatives – UOP’s first plant is due in 2013
Competitiveness – Cash Cost C-MTO Ethylene
versus Naphtha Cracker in China
• For both the naphtha cracker
and the C-MTO plant, by
product credits are significant
Production Cash Cost Thermal Coal to MTO Full Range Naphtha
for Ethylene ($/ton) Ethylene - Thermal Cracker - Crude Oil • The cash cost of production
Coal @ $120/ton =$100/bbl
Location China Capacity: 150 kta Capacity 150 kta Capacity 600 kta
Fixed Costs 28 28 46
North American shale gas finds have been well publicized but the phenomenon is
global, with significant reserves in China, South America, and North and South Africa
Where is the shale gas? Is it economical long term?
• Most recent “technically
exploitable” shale gas
statistics indicate
biggest possibilities for
shale gas long term are
away from the US
• Will China, Mexico,
Argentina, South Africa,
Canada etc. also be
successful in building
shale gas based
petrochemicals
industry?