Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC), JGC Corporation and Osaka Gas Co., Ltd have been developed a new syngas production process, Advanced Auto-Thermal Gasification (A-ATG) process, consisting of a new auto-thermal reforming catalyst with ultra-deep desulfurization of natural gas. We verified A-ATG process through 2,000 hours syngas production operation at pilot plant of which capacity was 65 BPD-GTL equivalent. This paper shows result of pilot plant operation and discussion including economics, environmental parameters and a future application of this system.

Keywords:
coalbed methane, coal seam gas, coal bed methane, LNG, liquified natural gas, suehiro, complex reservoir, reactor, AATG process, Pilot Plant
Subjects:
Natural Gas Conversion and Storage, Unconventional and Complex Reservoirs, Environment, Liquified natural gas (LNG), Coal seam gas
Copyright 2008, Society of Petroleum Engineers
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