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Hunter,
As per our conversation yesterday, below is a
short description of the opportunity that we are looking
at for the Delaware City Refinery. I’m still waiting on
call in information for the 1pm est call.
Best,
Av
i
The existing gasification plant at the Delaware Ci
ty refinery uses petroleum coke generated by the refinery
to produce syngas that fuels a power plant (cogen). The
plant was completed in 2000 and replaced coke-fired boile
rs that were among the worst polluters on the East Coast.
The new cogen facility produced all of the refinery ste
am need and sold power to the PJM power network. The plan
t was shutdown recently after operating for more than ten
years; coinciding with the shutdown of the refinery's co
ker. The gasification plant operated quite well for seve
ral of those years, and apparently not as well for others
. This is not uncommon: gasification includes operating a
spects not common to other processes and requires dedicat
ed training and a learning curve. This is difficult in a
plant that changed ownership – and operating staffs - a
t least three times in that ten year period.
Our p
lan forward would be to acquire the existing gasification
plant – the gasification plant, the air separation uni
t that feeds oxygen to the gasifiers and nitrogen to the
turbines, and the two-turbine cogen plant. The cogen pla
nt could be divested to a power project developer simulta
neously or after our purchase. We would likely fold the
existing two-train gasification unit into one operating t
rain, which would free up coke feed and gas cleanup capac
ity for a GPE Bluegas demonstration unit. We would opera
te the existing gasification train while we were fund rai
sing for, designing, and constructing, our demo unit, pro
viding cash flow for our company. Product gas would from
both units would be sold to the cogen plant owner/operat
or.
The plan is not without challenges, for exampl
e, the sulfur recovery unit and most of the treatment of
both intake and effluent water is shared with the refiner
y. Arrangements to share or plans to construct - and per
mit - these key plant pieces would have to be made to mak
e the project successful.
Hunter,
As per our conversation yesterday, below is a short description
of the opportunity that we are looking at for the Delaware City Refinery. I’m
still waiting on call in information for the 1pm est call.
Best,
Avi
The existing gasification plant at the Delaware City refinery
uses petroleum coke generated by the refinery to produce syngas that fuels a
power plant (cogen). The plant was completed in 2000 and replaced coke-fired
boilers that were among the worst polluters on the East Coast. The new cogen
facility produced all of the refinery steam need and sold power to the PJM
power network. The plant was shutdown recently after operating for more than
ten years; coinciding with the shutdown of the refinery's coker. The
gasification plant operated quite well for several of those years, and
apparently not as well for others. This is not uncommon: gasification includes
operating aspects not common to other processes and requires dedicated training
and a learning curve. This is difficult in a plant that changed ownership – and
operating staffs - at least three times in that ten year period.
Our plan forward would be to acquire the existing gasification
plant – the gasification plant, the air separation unit that feeds oxygen to
the gasifiers and nitrogen to the turbines, and the two-turbine cogen plant.
The cogen plant could be divested to a power project developer simultaneously
or after our purchase. We would likely fold the existing two-train
gasification unit into one operating train, which would free up coke feed and
gas cleanup capacity for a GPE Bluegas demonstration unit. We would operate
the existing gasification train while we were fund raising for, designing, and
constructing, our demo unit, providing cash flow for our company. Product gas
would from both units would be sold to the cogen plant owner/operator.
The plan is not without challenges, for example, the sulfur
recovery unit and most of the treatment of both intake and effluent water is
shared with the refinery. Arrangements to share or plans to construct - and
permit - these key plant pieces would have to be made to make the project
successful.
