The impacts of a GTL plant on Brazil's oil products supply and refinery expansion

Autor:	Giovani Machado, Jacqueline Mariano, Marina Elisabete Espinho Tavares, Alexandre Szklo, Janaina Sala, Roberto Schaeffer
Rok vydání:	2005
Předmět:	business.industry Oil refinery General Chemistry Structural basin Start up Catalysis Refinery Associated petroleum gas Diesel fuel Natural gas Environmental protection Environmental science business Naphtha
Zdroj:	Catalysis Today. 106:123-128
ISSN:	0920-5861
DOI:	10.1016/j.cattod.2005.07.131
Popis:	This paper assesses the impacts of a GTL plant on the expansion of Brazil's oil refining segment. The GTL plant (50,000 bpd) was sized to start up operations in 2015, producing diesel and naphtha through the indirect route (FT-synthesis). This plant will consume the non-associated natural gas production from the recent discoveries at the Santos Basin (around 419 Bm3), and the associated gas production from the Campos Basin. Both basins are located in the Southeast of Brazil, the most populated, rich and industrialized region of the country. Two different criteria for refinery expansion were simulated in order to meet oil product demand scenarios. Findings show that depending on the refinery expansion criteria considered GTL will play a fundamental hole to meet the oil product demand forecast to Brazil in the next 10 years.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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