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Presented by:
Dr. Mauricio Dávila, Managing Director
EnerChemTek, Inc.
EnerChemTek, Inc.
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Hydrocarbons Value Chain
Source: Metso
North America
Source: LYB
Source: ICIS
Source: LYB
For the US the 2000-2004 recession was the worst in its history
26 PE production lines closed
2015-2020 surge in North America
15 worldscale PE production lines under construction
12 additional worldscale lines being planned
• Average capacity of each of these 27 PE production lines is 475
kilotons/year, about 10x the capacity of plants closed in the last recession
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Natural Gas Value Chain
Source: EnerChemTek
Government of
the Province of Sinopec
Fujian
50% 50%
Saudi
FPCL ExxonMobil
Aramco
25%
50% 25%
FIPJV = Fujian Integrated
Project Joint Venture Fujian Refinery
FPCL = Fujian Petrochemical Venture Expansion
Company Limited
Industries Atofina, Norsk Hydro, CPC, Lee Chang Yung Chemical Industry
Qatar
Q-Chem Chevron Phillips
Source: Shell
Shipping
The LNG is loaded onto specially built ships
designed to hold super-cooled gas. LNG can
be transported to any country in the world with
a regasification terminal.
Receiving, Storage
and Regasification
In the receiving terminal the
LNG can be stored as a liquid,
where it can be distributed as
a cryogenic gas, or it can be
warmed, converting it back to
Source: BG Group gas for distribution.
Source: EnerChemTek
* 3 to 5 Mtpa trains provide the optimum capacity in terms of economies of scale although larger
trains have been constructed (e.g. 8 Mtpa in Qatar)
Source: IE Australia
Source: Gasnor