An insight into ORYX GTL's operation and the journey to stability(PPT)

摘要

ORYX GTL, located in the State of Qatar, is the world's first commercial sized GTL plant. Inaugurated in 2006, it is a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and Sasol Synfuels International. ORYX GTL employs the Fischer-Tropsch process to convert Natural Gas into high value liquid products that are sold internationally as fuels and petrochemical feedstocks. Start-up challenges impacted the throughput of the plant during the first few years of operation. These challenges were in a large part due to a combination of scale-up, start-up and value engineering challenges which required considerable effort to overcome. Since 2011, significant improvements in operational and safety performance have been realised. World class safety performance has been achieved through the use of the 'road to zero harm' campaign, and concurrently improvements in operational availability and production volumes have also been achieved. Start-up challenges that impacted the first few years of performance will be discussed along with the methods that were employed to overcome them. Current operational performance with historical trends demonstrating the considerable improvements will also be presented.