Shale gas

The advance of horizontal drilling and well completion technologies, including hydraulic fracturing, has allowed for production of natural gas from shale formations in a number of different basins that were not previously considered to have economic potential, especially in the USA. Total shale resource base is estimated in excess of 6,500 trillion cubic feet.

Problem

Shale gas production is associated with high production costs, which exceed the current market prices. In addition, many producers face significant difficulties in delivering gas to consumers, as gas transportation network’s capacity is limited.

Solution

INFRA.xtl technology allows for convertion gas into synthetic crude at the source, offsetting high production costs with high value added product and eliminating the need for gas transportation infrastructure, making shale gas production economically viable.

  • gas
  • coal
  • bio

    • m³

    • btu

    • ft³

    • Annual gas flow
    • Annual gas flow
    • Daily gas flow
    • Daily gas flow
    • million m³
    • million m³
    • billion btu
    • million ft³

    2 000

    C1/C2+ gas ratio*, %

    • 40%

    • 60%

    • 80%

    • 100%

    Gas price

    NYMEX

    • per thousand m³
    • per thousand m³
    • per million btu
    • per thousand ft³

    100

    conversion

    $ 490 million CAPEX

    synthetic oil

    • tonnes

    • bbl

    • Annual capacity
    • Daily capacity

    800

    • thousand
      tonnes

    • barrels

    Annual gross margin

    $

    370

    million

    Oil price $ per barrel

    Oil price

    Brent price

    per barrel

    100

* The plant cost includes main and auxiliary process equipment of the gas reforming unit and Fischer–Tropsch synthesis unit, as well as other project costs. Calculation details

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