1. Kirill LIATS General Director Metaprocess
A new way to develop mineral deposits GTLittle (mini-plants for producing synthetic oil or methanol from associated gas)
Kirill LIATS
General Director Metaprocess

2. Utilization of associated gas is an ecological and commercial necessity

3. Up to 25 billion m3 of associated gas is flared annually.
This amount increases annually by 1-3 billion m3

4. CO2 and other harmful substances are emitted when gas is flared
The environment is heated globally and locally. The permafrost areas are especially endangered

5. Losses: $500 million to $5 billion per year

6. There is a solution!
GTL – gas-to-liquid

7. Absence of spare capacity in pipelines
Why GAS-TO-LIQUID?
Absence of spare capacity in pipelines
Monopolistic disbursing prices when shipping through main pipelines
Remoteness from end consumers of natural gas
High cost of building new gas pipelines
Substantially lower costs when shipping a liquid product

8. Synthetic oil as a commercial product Logistics
Synthetic oil – a string of hydrocarbons С5-С17 in liquid state at normal temperature
Sulfur, asphaltens, aromatics are absent
Output can be shifted toward paraffins or alpha-olefins
Consumers: oil refineries, petrochemical plants
Synthetic oil can be processed at minimum cost into motor fuels (gasoline, diesel fuel). The cetane number of the diesel fuel is 70.

9. Synthetic oil as a commercial product Logistics
Used for own needs in gas production
Used as a product for subsequent processing into formaldehydes, carbamide-formaldehyde tars, olefins.
Other consumers: chemical plants, fertilizer plants, pulp and paper combines, woodworking and furniture factories

10. Minimization of expenditures Reduction of ecological payments
Advantages of designing mini-plants at the stage of developing oilfields
Minimization of expenditures
Reduction of ecological payments
Obtaining a commercial product from waste material
Capitalization of gas, facilitation of transporting it
Possibility of optimizing the infrastructure of the mini-plant to fit the entire development program

11. Aspects of designing and building mini-plants using the technology of Metaprocess Inc.

12. Economic indicators for a methanol plant
Capacity, tons per year
12 500
20 000
30 000
Capital costs, $ million 10 15 18
Duration of construction, months 20 30
Cost of methanol per ton (including amortization), $
186
176
170
Number of operating personnel per shift 7 9

13. Economic indicators for GTL plant
Capacity, tons per year
15 000
50 000
Capital costs, $ million
14,8 25 48
Duration of construction, months 18 28 32
Cost of GTL per ton (including amortization), $
Number of operating personnel per shift 7 12 30

14. Economic indicators per ton of methanol
Consumption of main material resources per ton of methanol
Natural gas
1200 m3
Catalyst for hydrogenation of sulfur compounds
0,18 kg
Absorbent of sulfur compounds
0,48 kg
Catalyst for conversion of natural gas
0,023 kg
Catalyst for synthesis of methanol
0,6 kg
Electric power
420 Kwt
Water, chemically purified
906 kg

15. Economic indicators per ton of GTL
Consumption of main material resources per ton of methanol
Natural gas
2044 m3
Catalyst for hydrogenation of sulfur compounds
0,18 kg
Absorbent of sulfur compounds
0,48 kg
Catalyst for conversion of natural gas
0,025 kg
Catalyst for synthesis of GTL
0,002 kg
Electric power
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Water, chemically purified
2400 kg

16. General Principles of GTL Production
SULFUR REMOVAL
HYDRO-CRACKING
SULFUR REMOVAL
FISCHER-TROPSCH
SYNTHESIS
GAS
STEAM REFORMING
(PRODUCTION
OF SYNTHESIS-GAS)

17. GTL Steam tube conversion

18. Quench reactor (cold bypasses) methanol synthesis reactor

20. GTL Steam tube conversion

21. Fisher-Tropsch tube reactor

23. Assembling of Mini-Methanol unit Exhausteur

24. Assembling of mini-methanol unit Air-coolers

25. Assembling of mini-methanol unit

26. Assembling of mini-methanol unit

27. Assembling of mini-methanol unit

28. Non-sponsor financing of GTLittle construction
Non-sponsor financing of GTLittle construction. The Strategic Reserves project
Solving the problem of associated gas utilization by selling it at the site where it is fed to the processing company’s flare
Solving the problem of monetizing non-transportable gas by selling it at the well of the processing company
Providing the processing company with a site for building a GTL plant or unit
The company "Strategic Reserves" is a partner and customer of Metaprocess Corp. which attracts investment for building plants and units for producing synthetic oil and methanol from natural and associated gas

29. GTL Unit Pilot Fisher-Tropsch reactor
Pilot unit of gas-to-liquid processing has been assembling
It will be launched until 15-th of March in Novocherkassk

30. Permanent battle with flaring gas Gas purification unit in Chechnya
Dry gas sulfur purification unit
Domestic consumption of clean oilwell gas
Reduction of flaring 250 mln cubic metres of oilwell gas annually