1,170 barrel-per-day Fischer-Tropsch (FT) Gas-to-Liquid (GTL) Wax plant targeting the production of higher-value wax products.

Product Mix:

Naphtha: High purity liquid paraffins targeted for chemical feedstock, or chemicals such as solvents, lighter fluids

Distillate: Zero sulfur and high cetane, ideal performance-enhancing automotive diesel additive, or used as high purity liquid paraffins in chemicals such as solvents, detergents, or drilling fluids

J40 Low Melt and J55 Mid Melt Wax: Low and mid-melting point waxes are primarily used in candles, corrugated board, particle board, tires, PVC additives, pharmaceuticals and personal care and cosmeticsJ75 High Melt Wax: Used in PVC additives for extruders, hot-melt adhesives, inks paints and coatings, candle additives, and personal care and cosmetics

J100 Hard Wax: Used in hot melt adhesives, PVC lubricants, inks, paints and coating additives, asphalt additives, and personal care and cosmetics

• The facility is nearly (75%) finished construction with all new equipment fabricated in 2015.
• The SMR was originally built in 1993 and only operated for about 10 years. It has been completely overhauled and has zero hours since overhaul.
• The two FT reactors are 78,000 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.
• Most of the downstream process-contact material of construction is 304Lstainless steel.
• There is no asbestos in this facility.
• This system is located on a major deep-water port with international shipping routes and is available for operation in place.

Designed by Buss, Built 1989, operated only 3 months due to business conditions

8 m x 10 x 9 m high, modular system Buss Loop Reactor System

• The plant produces food grade CO2 at a capacity of 250Te/day. The CO2 final product spec is 99.998% purity.

• The plant mainly consists of

  • 3 off Sulzer 3 stage compressors 560psig discharge
  • Water scrubber to remove soluble impurities
  • Charcoal bed to remove traces of sulphur and oil
  • Activated alumina bed dryer (2 off for regeneration)
  • Condenser to produce liquid CO2 using ammonia as refrigerant
  • Stripping column to remove entrained inert gases using recycled CO2

Product specification:

Water 10.0 ppm w/w max

Sulphur 0.1 ppm w/w max

Gaseous inerts 100 ppm v/v

Methanne10 ppm v/v max

Argon 1.0 ppm w/w max

Boron 0.1 ppm w/w max

Halogens 1.0 ppm w/w max

Carbonyls 1.0 ppm w/w max

Oil 2.0 ppm w/w max

Arsenic 0.0 ppm w/w max