Plant Name: Sasol Chevron Oryx I > Project Overview
Last Updated: October 11,, 2008
Latest
News:
Sasol Says Oryx Will Reach Nameplate Capacity in 12 Months
Oct. 9, 2008: Sasol told Reuters on Oct. 9 that its Oryx gas-to-liquids (GTL) project in Qatar would reach full production within 12 months. "We expect in the next 12 months to come up to full production," Peter Dekker, exploration manager for Sasol Petroleum International, the group's oil unit, said at the Africa Upstream 2008 oil conference in Cape Town.
Sasol's FT technology - cobalt-based catalyst are used in Sasol's Slurry Phase Distillate (Sasol SPD) process, LIFT reactor. Syngas production unit - licensed by Haldor Topsoe. Downstream product upgrading equipment provided by Chevron.
Primary
Supplier:
ExxonMobil
Gas Source:
ExxonMobil's
Al Khaleej Gas Project
Supply
/ Feed Gas:
9.3 million m3/d of lean natural gas from Qatar’s North gas field
FieldSize (tcf):
North Field in Arabian Gulf
PMC:
Foster Wheeler
FEED Contractor(s):
Foster Wheeler
EPC Contractor(s):
Foster Wheeler
Construction Notes:
The ASU, syngas production and FT synthesis units were built with two parallel operating trains.
CAPEX:
$950 million
Project Expansion Update:
Expansion plans for Oryx is an estimated $6 billion project for a 6 train facility, with a tenative start up date of 2011.
With a result of producing 450,000 b/d by 2015.
Employees:
1,500 during construction, 250 full time
Nearest
Airport:
Doha
International
Airport
Location:
Ras Laffan Industrial City the significant industrial development of 100km2, located 75km north of Doha,Qatar
Site Description:
Country:
Qatar
Alternate Project Name(s):
Upstream Contractor Offshore
Platform And Pipeline:
