IPP# 601400, GTL Plant Chemical and Specialty Chemical For Sale

1,170 barrel-per-day Fischer-Tropes GTL Facility targeting the production of higher-value wax products.

The facility consists of the following sections:

• Steam-Methane Reformer: 46.5 MMSCFD Linde-designed Steam-Methane Reformer (SMR) facility including feed preparation, reformer, syngas cooling, steam generation, hydrogen separation, carbon dioxide removal section (amine section), and carbon dioxide compression for recycle. The facility has only 10 years of operation as a HyCO Plant (hydrogen and carbon monoxide production). The SMR was redesigned and upgraded by Linde in 2015 to supply the new GTL facility
• Fischer-Tropes Reaction Section: Two Fischer-Tropes reactors, each with78,000 sq ft shell and tube exchangers with FT catalyst packed inside the tubes. The reactors are 11’ diameter with 32’ long tubes which are rated for 500 psig at 500°F. All of the steam-generation equipment is included for capturing the FT reaction exotherm. All of the equipment was constructed in 2015 and most of the downstream process-contact material of construction is 304L stainless steel.
• Product Fractionation Section: The Fractionation Column is 3’ diameter by 90’ tall and is constructed of 304 stainless steel. It is rated for 50 psig/full vacuum at 650°F. It has four packed sections with four product “take-offs” (overheads, two side-draws, and bottoms). All associated equipment is included such as the feed heater, condenser, two accumulators, and four overheads product/reflux pumps included. This system was manufactured in 2015 and is almost entirely 304 stainless steel construction.
• Wax Upgrade Section: Two 4,000 gallon batch hydrogenation reactor systems; each with 100 gpm feed capabilities. The reactors are rated for 327 psig at 455°F. Two 218 sq ft Short-Path Distillation Units (SPDU) rated for 22 psig/FV @ 572°F. One 82 sq ft Wiped-Film Evaporator (WFE) rated for 22 psig/FV @ 572°F. All of these systems were manufactured in 2015 in modular construction units and are ready to ship. Virtually all of the process contact material of construction is 304 stainless steel or better. The facility was designed and delivered in modules, but was never constructed or operated.

More Details

• The Fischer-Tropes Reaction Section, the Product Fractionation Section, and the Wax Upgrade Section were all manufactured in 2015 and have never been operated. All of the equipment downstream of the FT Reactors is constructed of 304L stainless steel or better alloys.
• The process is being kept under a nitrogen blanket. All electric motors are being “bumped” weekly or they have been removed and are in climate- controlled storage.
• The DCS is by Yokagawa and it is completely programmed and ready to install. The hardware is still at Yokagawa.
• There is no asbestos in this facility.
• Many spare parts are available.
• This system is located on a major deep-water port with international shipping routes.