BP/Davy select EPC firms CB&I, Jacobs and Shaw for Fischer Tropsch deployment
BP and Davy Process Technology announced collaborations with three EPC contractors to promote the commercialization of the BP/Davy Fischer Tropsch process.
CB&I Lummus, Jacobs Engineering Group and The Shaw Group have signed agreements to work individually with BP/Davy to seek deployment opportunities for the BP/Davy Fischer Tropsch (FT) process that transforms syngas into liquid hydrocarbons, the companies said.
The BP/Davy fixed-bed FT process is a low technology risk option to producing diesel, jet fuel (JP8) and naphtha from natural gas, bio-mass or coal-derived syngas, the companies said.
The technology has been successfully demonstrated in Nikiski, Alaska, with full-scale, fixed-bed reaction tubes where the nominal 300 bpd complex met or exceeded all of its performance targets. This process is now available for license to third parties, and BP’s and Davy’s continuing development is focused on retrofit enhancements.
BP’s vice president for conversion technology, Mark Howard, said: “We are very pleased to have gained the collaboration of these three leading contractors in our efforts to commercialise our FT process. Their involvement will help with the early identification and evaluation of opportunities, and ensure the availability of first class engineering resources familiar with our process to support potential licensees.”
Dr. David Tomlinson, president of Davy Process Technology, says: “We are pleased to see this technology move forward into the marketplace after extensive development and demonstration at a semi-commercial scale. We believe the time is ripe for the conversion of stranded natural gas or coal reserves into liquid fuels especially with demand for liquid fuels at an all-time high and the price of crude oil again rising on the international market.”
The EPC contractors were chosen after conducting a competitive bidding and ranking process, according to BP.
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