Since beginning gasification research in the 1950s, Shell/GE/Air Products have designed more than 170 liquids and 34 coal gasifiers, with a substantial proportion still in operation world-wide. We also operate our own gasifiers, which helps us to understand and anticipate your operational needs. Following are select projects highlighting our extensive gasification experience:
Oil Sands, Canada
- Formerly Shell residue gasification process technology
- 72,000 bbl/d of bitumen from the Athabasca oil sands
- The heavy asphaltene by-product of the primary upgrading process feeds a 3,800-t/d liquids unit
- Produces hydrogen for the hydrocracker and steam for the steam-assisted gravity drainage operations.
- Formerly Shell coal gasification process technology
- 2,000-t/d dry coal intake capacity
- Long full-capacity run with 50% petcoke
- Formerly Shell coal gasification process technology
- 2,000-t/d dry coal intake capacity
- Syngas and steam for fertilizer production
- Direct operational experience since 2006
- Formerly Shell coal gasification process technology
- Syngas-to-liquids production
- First Air Products Sale of Gas (syngas) plants in China
- On-stream in 2017
- Formerly GE Gasification Process technology
- 65 days from start to full production
- Achieved full, sustained capacity quickly; world record for slurry gasification scale and speed
- One of the largest gasification plants in the world
- Formerly GE gasification process technology
- 1.8Mt/a Coal to MeOH, MTO
- 60% MeOH synthesis compressor energy savings
- 50% AGR energy saving
- Less fouling in HP grey water system
- Formerly GE gasification process technology to make H2, oxo chemicals
- 777 days of continuous operation
- World record for slurry gasification operation
- Surpasses the strictest availability requirement