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TARBLASTERTARBLASTER
A TECHNOLOGY FOR ”DRY” A TECHNOLOGY FOR ”DRY” RECOVERY OF OIL FROM OIL SAND RECOVERY OF OIL FROM OIL SAND
WITH WITH •NO WATER CONSUMPTIONNO WATER CONSUMPTION
•EXTRACTION AND UPGRADING OF THE OIL EXTRACTION AND UPGRADING OF THE OIL IN ONE OPERATIONIN ONE OPERATION
•LESS ENERGY CONSUMPTIONLESS ENERGY CONSUMPTION•LESS GHG EMISSIONLESS GHG EMISSION
Introduction of the PETROMAKS program og user managed Introduction of the PETROMAKS program og user managed innovation projects by NFRinnovation projects by NFR
Presentation of Tarblaster AS by CEO Olav EllingsenPresentation of Tarblaster AS by CEO Olav Ellingsen• The companyThe company
• About the projectAbout the project
The technology challenges by Ph.D. Jørn Bakken SINTEF The technology challenges by Ph.D. Jørn Bakken SINTEF Energy Research ASEnergy Research AS
• R&D needsR&D needs• Time sheduleTime shedule• BudgetsBudgets• ResourcesResources
Open discussion about the project and input from NFR to an Open discussion about the project and input from NFR to an applicationapplication
AGENDAAGENDA
• Incorporated by 88 shareholders from Norway, England, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, USA and Canada
• Number of issued shares 11.000.000
• CEO Olav Ellingsen
• Board of Directors:
• Chairman, lawyer Morten Borch, Oslo• Engineer, Steve Kent, London• Member, marketing investigator Bjarte S.
Ellingsen, Oslo• Member, engineer Olav Ellingsen, Oslo
TARBLASTER ASTARBLASTER ASwww.tarblaster.comwww.tarblaster.com
CEO Olav EllingsenCEO Olav Ellingsen
• SINTEF ENERGY RESEARCH AS, Trondheim• Professor Jens Hetland• Ph.D. Jørn Bakken
• NYHAVNA MEKANISKE AS, Trondheim• Engineer Stig Fuglestad
• KGD Development AS, Oslo• CEO engineer Roger Gale• Professor Finn Drangsholt
R&D PARTNERSR&D PARTNERS
Oil Shale is a sedimentary rock that contains organic matter, which although not appreciable soluble in conventional petroleum solvents can be converted to soluble liquids by heating.
When heated in a processes know as porolysis, destructive distillation or retorting, the bonds rupture forming smaller liquids or gaseous molecules. These can then be separated from the inorganic matrix, which remains behind as the spent shale waste products.
OIL SHALEOIL SHALE
Oil shale has been found on all of the inhabited continents.U.S. Geological Survey estimate that the world´s oil shale
deposits comprises 2 quadrillion barrels.
If all this oil were extracted and distributed among the world´s residents, each person would receive about 600.000 barrels. However, the spent shale would cover over the entire surface of the world, land areas and ocean included, to a depth of about 10 feet.
WORLD WIDE DEPOSITSWORLD WIDE DEPOSITS
DIVERGENCE IN OIL SHALEDIVERGENCE IN OIL SHALE
Commercial grades of oil shale ranges from about 100 to 200 litres per metric ton (l/t) of rock. The U.S. Geological Survey has used a lower limit of about 40 l/t (9 gal/ton) for classification of Federal oil-shale lands.
Here we will use the units used by U.S. Geological Survey – gallons / ton to define the oil shale types as shown below:
PROBLEMS CONNECTED PROBLEMS CONNECTED EXISTING TECHNOLOGYEXISTING TECHNOLOGY
High consumption of waterHigh consumption of water
Water polluted with small amount of oil, fines and Water polluted with small amount of oil, fines and chemicalschemicals
High level of energy consumption – inefficient High level of energy consumption – inefficient energy conversionenergy conversion
High output of GHG emissionHigh output of GHG emission
Huge capital investmentsHuge capital investments
Heavy oil which must be upgraded or mixed with Heavy oil which must be upgraded or mixed with light oil prior to refininglight oil prior to refining
The idea in developing the Tarblaster technology was to present a technology which could extract the oil and upgrade it to a refinery feed stock without the environmental constraints as by existing technologies.
THE TARBLASTER IDEATHE TARBLASTER IDEA
THE BENEFITS OF THE TARBLASTER TECHNOLOGY
Low energy consumption
Self-sustained with energy by combustion of low value energy
Reduced CO2 emission
No water consumption
Extraction and upgrading the oil in one operation
Reduce capital investments
Easy to scale up
Increased value of oil by:• Increased API FROM 8 to 25 (*)• Reduce sulphur and metal content
(*) Proved API 18, but believe it will be possible to reach
API 25 by an add on process
TARBLASTER TEST RESULTS 20.05.09TARBLASTER TEST RESULTS 20.05.09ESTONIAN OIL SHALEESTONIAN OIL SHALE
Test period 55 minutes
Total oil sand feed 33,348 kg
Mass of carbon in sand
Oil evaporated off 4 % of mass of shale
Oil collected 1,41 litres
COMPARISON PRESENT PRODUCTION AND COMPARISON PRESENT PRODUCTION AND TARBLASTER PRODUCTIONTARBLASTER PRODUCTION
FEASIBILITY OF THE TARBLASTER TECHNOLOGY
Unique low temperature and pressure thermo mechanical process
Process equipment known to the industry
Mining operation as for existing technology
CUSTOMERS BENEFIT
FOR EXISTING INDUSTRI AS AN ADD ON PROCESS
REDUCED CAPITAL INVESTMENT
REDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
REDUCED LIABILITY RISKS
SHORTER PAY BACK TIME
LOWER RECOVERY COSTS AND HIGHER YIELD
CAN HANDLE LEAN SHALE
CAN USE FINE GRAINED SHALE
NO WATER CONTAMINATION
THE TECHNOLOG CHALLENGESJørn Bakken SINTEF Energy Research AS
•Process for the preparation of the feed to the reactor
•System for even distribution of the feed into the reactor
•Handling of spent shale with regeneration of the heat in a solid/liquid steam boiler
•Testing and development of a high temperature sand filter for capture of fines in the gas stream
•Optimization of the condensation conditions by different partial pressure of the gas fraction
THE TECHNOLOG CHALLENGESJørn Bakken SINTEF Energy Research AS
•Optimization of the fluidization conditions in the reactor and regenerator by recirculation of hot porolysis gasses into the regenerator´s plenum
•Development of an electrostatic filter for capture of oil aerosols and non condensed fumes
•Mass and energy balance for optimization of process temperature and specific loads
•Improved upgrading by utilizing the kinetic energy in the gas stream and rerouting part of the produced oil to the reactor
•Simulation and characterization of the process