Sunday 17 February 2008
FROM A SHELL INSIDER
I think the PR machine for the GTL flagship project in Qatar has done a poor job with respect to the “Green” tag that is being liberally applied.
Take a look at the presentation given in London in March 2004 which can be found from the link below. I have copied fig 6 which gives the dimensions of the electrical and steam capacity needed and just look at the heat release from the process!!! All this either ends up in the sea as cooling water or into the atmosphere as heat from gas turbines exhaust and boiler flues.
Fig 6 for convenience
Project Dimensions
Process
Process heat release 5,000 MW
Shaft power consumption 1,100 MW
Heat consumption 850 MW
Steam generation 8,000 tons/hr
Catalysts (5 processes) 5,630 tons
Construction
Plot area 230 ha
Equipment number 2,300 items
Equipment weight 100,000 tons
Piping 50,000 tons
Structural steel 30,000 tons
Concrete 200,000 m 3
Cables 1,800 km
Insulation 700,000 m2
Control Loops 4,000
Heavy lifts > 1,200 tons >24
Start-up
Commissioning checks > 2 million
Comm. & start-up activities ~ 15,000
Web Link
http://www.shell.com/static/qatar/downloads/nfabricius_speech.pdf
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