Smaller scale GTL The roll-out Neville Hargreaves SMi Gas-to-Liquids London, 30

Neville Hargreaves
SMi Gas-to-Liquids London, 30th October 2014
Smaller scale GTL
The roll-out
Velocys
Leader in smaller scale GTL
• Leader in smaller scale gas-to-liquids technology
— 15 years and >$300 million invested in product development
— Exhaustive global patent protection (>7,500 granted GTL patent claims)
• First class partners offering a complete GTL solution
— E.g. Haldor Topsøe, Ventech, Hatch, Toyo, Mourik, SGS, Shiloh
• Commercial roll-out underway, first plant committed
Solena GreenSky London
GTL JV
Ashtabula GTL
• Well capitalised with strong resources
— Facilities in Houston, Texas and Columbus, Ohio, USA and Oxford, UK
— Permanent pilot plant in operation
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The historical face of GTL
Mega-scale projects
Conventional Fischer-Tropsch reactor
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Think Smaller
TM
Smaller is bringing GTL to the mainstream
Conventional Fischer-Tropsch reactor
Velocys Fischer-Tropsch reactor
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Think Smaller means...
Nothing wasted
Smaller scale GTL makes the
most of the resources available
• Convert undervalued gas into
higher value liquid fuels
• Unlock stranded or associated
gas
• Produce oil without flaring gas
• Use any type of gas available
• Not just gas but biomass and
coal
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Better options
Smaller scale GTL offers more companies
access to higher value markets
• Creates opportunities for producers to
diversify and increase revenues
• Choose from a range of high value
products
• Greater breadth of customers, locally and
globally
• Smaller, lower cost plants need less gas to
be profitable (e.g. 150 mmscfd)
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Moving faster
Smaller scale GTL realises
profits faster
• Shortens the time between
concept and being operational
• Build plants where the
opportunity is – even in
remote areas
• Accesses markets faster – no
need for pipelines
• Enables products to be sold
locally
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Velocys smaller scale GTL...
Improves the economics
Our design leverages standardisation,
unlocking opportunities that were previously
uneconomic
• Typically from 1,500 to 15,000 barrels per
day (15 – 150 mmscfd)
Reactor manufacture
• Our design is specific for smaller scale
plants, not just a scaled down large plant
• Our components are standardised,
reducing costs
• Our strategic partnerships allow us to
deliver at volume
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Works anywhere
Our plants are modular, so they are easier to ship
and easier to install, even in the most remote or
challenging locations
• Velocys reactors are significantly smaller and
lighter than conventional technology
• 70% of a plant can be factory-built before
installation
• Modular components fit in standard containers
for ease of shipping
1,400 bpd FT process unit
designed by Ventech Engineers
27m L x 14m H x ~12m W
• Building is fast, we have reduced the risk of
delays, and plants can even be integrated with
existing facilities
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Works for anyone
Velocys unlocks more business
by working flexibly – allowing
companies to capitalise on more
opportunities
• Smaller projects means more
opportunities, accessible to
more companies
Ashtabula GTL
• We have strong partnerships
with key players throughout
the value chain
• Velocys can support all
aspects of project
development and execution
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Supply chain
Partnership with Shiloh
• N. America’s supplier of engineered metal
products to automotive industry
• Shiloh contributing
— Several $M in manufacturing resources
— Dedicated team of engineers
— Strategic investment in Velocys
• Implementing multi-million dollar state-of-the-art
production cell
— Cost effective mass production
— Consistent high quality
— In place by year end
— Initial capacity supports 10,000 bpd/yr of
orders
— Plans in place to support a 4x capacity
increase
Reactor manufacture
• Expected lead times are <12 months
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Catalyst change-out
Mourik – certified catalyst service partner
• Catalyst change-out in situ
— Simple process, little down-time
• Mourik trained and certified
— Over 30 years experience in catalyst
handling
— FT catalyst handling provider for Shell’s
Bintulu and Pearl FT plants
— Completed successful load & unload of a
commercial reactor with Velocys catalyst
Catalyst loading
– Catalyst in inactive, inert state when handled
– Protocols finalised and approved for commercial operation
by Mourik, meeting their safety standards.
– Spent catalyst removed from site by Mourik
— Process “fit for commercial application”
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Velocys
In-house capabilities
Pilot plant and training facility
Supporting sales and delivery
• Integrated GTL pilot plant at the Velocys
Ohio, USA site
• Will provide
— Performance data to support differing
client designs
— Product for client studies
— Permanent training facility for plant
operators
• Platform for
— Developing our own field support staff
— Demonstrating future product
generations
Add pilot plant photo
Pilot plant
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Velocys pilot plant
1,500+ hours of successful operations at commercial
conditions
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Resource build-up
Rapid growth at the company’s commercial centre
Milton Park, UK
• 30 employees
• Catalyst development
Plain City, OH
• 65 employees
• Reactor design
Houston, TX
• 14 employees
• Process engineering
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In-house capabilities
UK technology centre - catalyst development team
• 12 scientists working on FT catalyst
development and testing in the UK
• Well-resourced laboratory
— High throughput screening rig (16
catalyst samples tested in parallel)
— 5 rigs for long term performance tests
— Nearly 400 FT catalyst samples tested
in-house in the last 12 months
— On-line gas chromatographs
— Range of instruments for physical and
chemical analysis of prepared catalysts
e.g. porosimetry & chemisorption
— Custom equipment to mimic commercial
catalyst manufacturing practice
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In-house capabilities
Plain City, Ohio technology centre
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Intellectual property
Largest IP position of its kind
• World’s largest microchannel patent portfolio
— >26,000 claims in >900 patents
— 75 patents granted in 2013
— Over half of patents cover GTL
United States
Europe/Russia
Canada
China
Granted
claims
Japan
Australia
Pending
claims
South Korea
South Africa
• High quality
— IP cited over 3,000 times in others’ patents
— 100% success rate to date defending
challenges / re-exams of own patents
Other
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Number of patents expiring
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• IP portfolio has years to run – continually
being renewed and extended
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Foreign filling
and divisional
applications
yet to come
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• Pursuing infringers; won UK High Court case
and injunction against CompactGTL
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Field demonstration
• Offshore GTL partners: Toyo Engineering, MODEC and Petrobras
• 6 bpd plant mimics complete FPSO-mounted GTL facility
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Well capitalised
To kick-start adoption
• Cash placing – September 2014
— £52 million (before expenses); significantly oversubscribed
— Priced at 225p per share – a slight premium to market price
• Strong shareholder base
— Substantial support from existing shareholders; new blue-chip
institutional investors
• Use of funds
— Strengthen balance sheet to support sales (credibility and
technology guarantees)
— Accelerate market adoption (e.g. project development)
— Working capital
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Commercial projects
Commercial plant under construction
Oklahoma City, USA
• First of its kind in North America
• Fully funded by JV between
— Waste Management (Fortune 500)
— NRG Energy (Fortune 500)
— Ventech Engineers
— Velocys
• Construction underway
— Permits received
— Major contracts signed
— Mechanical completion end of 2015
— Full operation Q1-Q2 2016
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Healthy pipeline of opportunities
For example, Ashtabula GTL
Lake Erie
• 4,200 bpd plant
supplied from
Marcellus
Ashtabula GTL
• Future expansion
planned to 10,000
bpd
• Initial engineering
complete
• FID expected end
H1 2015
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GreenSky London
Renewable jet fuel in London
• Velocys selected by Solena Fuels as FT
supplier for commercial 2,500 bpd wastebiomass-to-liquids plant
• GreenSky London plant in partnership with
British Airways
• Competitive selection process after
technology evaluation advised by Fluor
• BA to provide off-take for jet fuel
• Pre-Front End Engineering completed
• Site selection announced April 2014
— Site of former Coryton oil refinery in
Thurrock, Essex, UK
Picture courtesy of British Airways
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Red Rock Biofuels
US DoD sponsored BTL
• Velocys selected for 1,100 bpd
biomass-to-liquids (BTL) plant
— Located in Oregon, USA
— Using forestry waste feedstock
• Supported by US Department of Defense
and US Department of Energy
— Received $4.1m phase 1 grant for
engineering in July 2013
— FEED study complete
— Received a $70m construction grant in
September 2014
• Targeting final investment decision H1 2015
• Southwest Airlines to offtake 3 million gal/yr
of aviation fuel from the plant
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Summary
Right product, right place, right time
• The time has come for smaller scale GTL
— Gas arbitrage, shale gas reserves, flare gas, stranded gas, remote
locations, energy security, cleaner fuels legislation
• Huge market opportunity
— 25 million bpd of synthetic fuel could be made by distributed scale GTL
• Velocys, the company at the forefront of smaller scale GTL technology
— 15 years and >$300 million invested in its unique innovative technology
— Exhaustive global patent protection (>7,600 granted GTL claims)
— Broad & deep in-house capabilities. With first class partners will deliver
a complete GTL solution
• Commercialisation underway
— Waste Management JV, Ashtabula, GreenSky/BA, Red Rock Biofuels
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Thank you
Neville Hargreaves
Business Development Director
[email protected]
UK office
+44 1235 841700
Houston office
+1 713 275 5840
www.velocys.com
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