Vladimir Piven, Arch Pet Environ Biotechnol 2018, 3:03 DOI: 10.29011/2574-7614-C1-004

2nd International Conference on Petrochemical Engineering July 23–25, 2018 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Vladimir Piven “HTR” LLC, 199226 St. Petersburg, Russia

Unleashing potential of Micro-Ice-GTL technology for lucrative capture of gas emissions

There are a few obvious flaws of fossil fuels that set them off against renewables. Nevertheless, they will continue dominating global energy supply chains for decades to come. Firstly, with current combustion technologies fossils are fairly blamed for emissions of greenhouse gases like CO2, CH4... Secondly, the public is concerned over squandering of fossil energy carriers as major companies are leaving behind up to 40% of oil & gas in mature fields when production rate and monetary benefits drop below certain level. Next, small deposits and scattered fugitive methane emissions are also not attractive for majors and are being often neglected. Then the hassle comes from the DOE restrictions on air pollution. Nowadays it is critical for small oil drilling companies as well as for producers of from biomass, coal bed (mine) methane (CBM, CMM), , etc., to manage cost effectively their assets in such circumstances. Fortunately, nowadays small scale hydrocarbon processing technologies are knocking the door to become a remarkable player like once decentralized personal computers have conquered their niche among large machines of common use. As construction of numerous gas pipelines is not affordable for small companies the moderate scale GTL units might become a solution for conversion otherwise flared APG (associated gas), stranded gas and biogas at site into methanol and its value-added derivatives. These usually scattered far from each other small gas sources are destined to become a major long lasting feedstock for SMEs producing quality gasoline, DME (Dimethyl Ether) and biofuel as clean diesel fuel along with other valuable marketable products. Nowadays small and stranded hydrocarbon reserves which were previously uneconomical to develop have become commercially viable due to technological advances such as “micro”-GTL. New zero-carbon emission micro-plants featuring integrated Internal Combustion Engines and GTL technology are being developed in Russia for years. With this approach the size and foot-print of reactors and whole GTL plant can be reduced significantly while their economics remarkably improved. The know-how of retrofitting ICR into partial oxidation of generator of Synthesis gas has been worked out. Present global trend to phase out millions of diesel engines from vehicles suggests deployment this innovative modular mobile technology in SEA settings where most of oil fields are situated offshore or being stranded in remote areas. Micro-ICE-GTL" mounted on FPSO will allow cost saving development of marginal offshore energy resources, whilst cutting associated petroleum gas flaring. These micro-plants being affordable for small enterprises pave the way to creation of new lucrative gas processing business segment that would complement big scale oil & gas industry by reducing for them the burdens of gas wastage and health and safety risks in the workplace as well as public concern about environmental pollution.

Biography Vladimir Piven is the President/CTO at GASCO, CA/Malaysia. In his previous roles as Sr. Manager (technology) cum Professor (chem eng) at University Technology Petronas he sat on Board of Petrochemical Catalysis & Innovation. As a Consultant on technology and economics of marginal oil&gas fields he strives to cut flares/ vents of associated petroleum gas via gas-to-methanol (GTM) process. He promotes heat engines (diesels, gas turbines, jets) retrofitting to cogenerators of clean power, heat & cold, methanol and motor fuels. At Combustion & Explosives Dept. of Rus. Acad. Sci., Moscow, he studied kinetics & thermodynamics of combustion reactions in metal-doped hydrocarbon propellants, now adopted by ROSCOSMOS and NASA as industrial standard. Presidium of RAS conferred a distinction upon him for the study of intramolecular metalorganics catalysis. As head of lab at Moscow Tyre Research Institute he led R&TD on rubber compounding for heavy duty tyres of Russian space shuttle BURAN. He sat on a Board of Moscow Seminar on Organic Analysis till relocation to Malaysia where he invented new mechano- chemical rubber recycling technology. Dr. Piven held professorship at top Malaysian universities, led various R&TD projects, taught courses in petrochemistry, chemical engineering, workplace hazards and environmental health.

Arch Pet Environ Biotechnol Volume 03: Issue 03 ISSN: 2574-7614 Petrochemical Engineering July 23-25, 2018 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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