FIELD

New Technology for Heavy Oil

Desulphurization and Upgrading

“DSU”
 
 
IBIA  Annual  Conven-on  
November  4,  2014  
 Field Upgrading Overview

Technology development company based in Calgary, Canada

Focused on heavy oil desulphurization and upgrading
Core technologies based on oil industry experimental work paired with
CoorsTek ceramic ionic conductor technology

CoorsTek  Staff  and  Laboratory,  Utah,  USA    

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 Field Upgrading Overview

Building $18 million, 10 bpd (500 TPA) pilot plant

Ø  Private and government funding in place
World-class leadership and staff
Ø  Chairman: Former president and founder of several multi-billion dollar oil companies:
Chauvco, Fort Chicago Energy Partners, Western Oil Sands
Ø  CEO: Former executive at Shell, Petro-Canada and Suncor Energy
Ø  CoorsTek staff and lab
Ø  Technical team with deep oil refining and marketing experience
Ø  Advisory Committee comprised of members from major oil companies and bunker industry

Sister  Company  Pilot  Plant,  Alberta,  Canada  

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Field Desulphurization & Upgrading (DSU)
Process Overview
Hydrogen       Oil  Product  
High  Sulphur   <  0.5%  S  
Feed   Oil-­‐Solids  
Reactor  
Bitumen   Separator  
Heavy  Oil  
Resid  
Refinery  Intermediates   Sodium  
Vac  resid   Sulphide   Metals  
 

Sodium   Electroly3c   Power  

Regenera3on  

Liquid  
Sulphur  

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 Field DSU

<0.5% S Bunkers From High Sulphur Feeds
DSU   DSU  
DSU  Feed:   ISO  8217  2010    
Property Raw   Blended  
Vac  Resid
Product Product1  
RMG  380  Specs Demonstrated ability to
reduce 6.2% S vac resid
Sulphur,  wt% 6.24 0.49 0.46 Varies
to 0.46% S ISO spec
Density,  kg/m3 1,040 975 963 991  Max blended product
Viscosity  at  50°  C,  cSt 2,778,233   943 357 380  Max
Acid  Number,  mg  KOH/g 1.9 <0.1 <0.1 2.5  Max
Expect 0.1% S bunker
MCRT,  wt% 22.4 14.6 13.6 18  Max
from 2% S vac resid feed
CCAI 824 870  Max Significant density and
Flash  Point,  °  C >60 >60 >60 60  Max viscosity reduction
Pour  Point,°  C >30 <-­‐12 30  Max
Removes nearly all
Compa-bility,  Spot# 1 Not required metals and acids
Vanadium,  wppm 309 4 4 350  Max
Aluminum  +  Silicon,  wppm 4 <4 <4 60  Max Sulphur and metals are
Ash,  wt% 0.1 <0.1 <0.1 0.1  Max
the only byproducts
Sodium,  wppm <1002 <1002 100  Max
17%  dis-llate  in  DSU  Blended  Product
 
2Process  will  be  designed  to  meet  ISO  spec  

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 Unprecedented Change in Bunker Market
Bunker  Fuel  Oil  Sulphur  Specifica3ons   Forecast  Bunker  Fuel  Oil  Demand  and  “Excess”  HSFO  
Date   ECAs   Global   400  
Current   1.0%   3.5%   6  
300  
January  2015   0.1%   3.5%  

MTPA  

Million  bpd  
200   4  
January  2025   0.1%   0.5%  
100   2  

New  specs  and  increasing  resid  supply  lead   0   0  

2010   2015   2020   2025   2030  
to  200  MTPA  “excess”  HSFO  by  2025  
 <0.5%  S  FO  demand  up  by  200  MTPA   >1%  S  FO   0.1-­‐0.5%  S  FO   <  0.1%  S  FO  
LNG   "Excess"  HSFO  

Refiner’s  Op3ons   Vessel  Operator’s  Op3ons  

Do  nothing:    Sell  HS  RFO  into  new  markets   Do  nothing:    Buy  LS  RFO  or  MDO  
Invest  in  resid  destruc-on:    Sell  MDO,  less  RFO   Install  scrubbers:    Buy  HS  RFO  
Invest  in  resid  desulphuriza-on:    Sell  LS  RFO   Invest  in  LNG:    Buy  LNG  

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 Spec Changes Create Large
Desulphurization Opportunity
Bunker  Pricing:    Low  Sulphur  vs.  High  Sulphur  Fuels   2014  
Desulphurize/blend  3.5%  S  to   Upli[  from   Volume   Total  
1%  S  RFO  for  $45/tonne  uplij   3.5%  S  to  LS   Upli[  
2014   $45/tonne   30  MTPA  
($7/bbl)   (0.6   $1  B/yr  
Desulphurize  3.5%  S  to  0.5/0.1%  S  
MBPD)  
RFO  for  >$270/tonne  uplij  
2025  
2025  
Upli[  from   Volume   Total  
3.5%  S  to  LS   Upli[  
>$270/tonne   200  MTPA  
0   200   400   600   800   1000   (>$40/bbl)   (3.8   >$55  B/yr  
$/Tonne   MBPD)  

3.5%  S  FO   1%  S  FO   0.5%  S  FO   0.1%  S  FO  

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 Field DSU Plant Layout

Typical  Layout  for  10,000  bpd  (500,000  TPA  )  Field  DSU  Plant  
Modular design
Process units pre-fabricated
in 12’x12’x48’ (4mx4mx15m)
building blocks or “skids”
45 skids for 0.5 MTPA plant
Minimal on-site construction
Lower CO2 intensity &
minimal SOx.
Utilities:
Ø  20 MW power supply
Ø  5 mmscfd hydrogen supply

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 Field DSU Commercialization Timeline
2012   2014   2015   2016   2017   2018   2019  

LAB    
Core  lab  work:    2012-­‐2014  

PILOT:    500  TPA  (10  bpd)  

Design                    Start-­‐up  

COMMERCIAL  DEMO:    50,000  TPA  (1,000  bpd)  

     Design                                                                  Start-­‐up  

LARGE-­‐SCALE  
DEPLOYMENT    

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 Field DSU Summary

Spec changes will create large increase in demand for resid desulphurization

Field DSU is a unique, lower cost technology for sulphur removal from resid

Demonstrated to desulphurize 6% S resid to ISO spec bunkers with <0.5% S

Expected to desulphurize 2% S resid to ISO spec bunkers with <0.1% S

Significant reduction of metals, acids, viscosity, density

Commercial 50,000 TPA plants available by 2020

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 THANK YOU!



Mike Doma

mike.doma@fieldupgrading.com

+1-403-354-0485

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