GTL – Gas to liquid
Topsoe’s GTL technology can convert natural gas into liquid diesel fuel. In this way, the natural gas usually burnt as flare at the oilfields is put to use, increasing resource efficiency.
Where is the GTL technology used?
Natural gas is recovered with crude oil at oil fields. However, natural gas is too expensive to transport from the remote oil fields and the gas is burnt off as a waste product. This applies to 50% of all natural gas recovered at oil fields.
GTL and the climate
Gas-to-liquid (or GTL) diesel has improved properties compared to regular diesel. At the same time, it meets stringent environmental requirements. Utilising waste gas will reduce CO2 emissions, as the CO2 emission caused by the burning flare will be eliminated.
CASE: Oryx refinery plant in Qatar
In the Oryx plant in Qatar, Topsoe and partners have demonstrated that it is technically viable and profitable to build GTL plants at sufficiently gas-rich oil fields and produce diesel from natural gas.
Topsoe has supplied technology and catalysts to the Oryx plant, constructed in cooperation with Sasol and Chevron. The plant produces 34,000 barrels of diesel fuel daily based on waste gas, corresponding to the total diesel consumption in Denmark.