據3月11日Oil Now報道，本周，特立尼達和多巴哥總理基思·羅利博士宣布，NiQuan公司位于Pointe-à-Pierre的天然氣合成油工廠正式啟用。

該工廠的額定產能為2400桶/天，生產高性能、低排放的能源產品，GTL合成柴油和GTL石腦油等(GTL：天然氣合成油)。

據報道，NiQUAN GTL是西半球首個商業化的該類型工廠。

GTL代表著清潔能源，是從污染能源的過去到清潔能源的未來的橋梁。這是一座每個人都想建造的橋梁，但由于許多原因，大多數都失敗了。NiQuan能源集團的首席執行官安斯利·吉爾表示:“有了這座工廠，NiQuan已經建成了第一座橋梁，以后還會有更多的橋梁。不僅是在特立尼達、多巴哥和美洲，而是在全世界。我們的清潔能源產品將發揮重要作用。這就是我們從第一天就開始的信念，也是我們承諾要實現的，我們今天在這里遵守了諾言。”

該廠利用區域資源進行融資，本地資金占比達到90%。吉爾表示:“最初，我們設想了一個國際融資的項目，但事實是我們得到了區域性的融資。我們相信，這是加勒比地區的第一個大型能源基礎設施項目。”

NiQUAN GTL是目前世界上僅有的5個商用GTL工廠之一，專門用于GTL產品的商用生產，并使用低溫費托合成(LTFT)工藝。

該GTL工廠于2020年12月開始運營，與原油衍生產品和其他能源相比，GTL產品具有高性能和低排放的特點。此外，它們還具有可生物降解性和低毒性，這使得它們比原油制品更有優勢。

王佳晶 摘譯自 Oil Now

原文如下：

First of its kind gas to liquids plant opens in Trinidad & Tobago

NiQuan Energy’s Gas to Liquids plant, located at Pointe-à-Pierre, was declared open this week by Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr Keith Rowley.

The plant has a nameplate capacity of 2,400 barrels per day and produces high performance, low emissions energy products; GTL Paraffinic Diesel and GTL Naphtha, from natural gas.

According to reports, NiQUAN GTL is the first commercial plant of its type in the western hemisphere.

“GTL represents clean energy – a bridge from a dirty energy past to a cleaner energy future. It’s a bridge that everyone wanted to build but, for many reasons, most of them have failed. With this plant, NiQuan Energy has built the first bridge and there will be more, many more,” said Ainsley Gill, Group CEO of NiQuan Energy. “And not just in Trinidad and Tobago and the Americas but around the world. Our clean energy products will make a difference. That’s the belief that’s driven us from day one. It’s what we promised to deliver, and we’ve kept our promise here today.”

The plant achieved a remarkable local content of over 90% and was financed using regional resources.

“Originally, we conceived of a project financed internationally, the reality is that it has been financed regionally which, we believe, is a first for a major energy infrastructure project in the Caribbean,” Gill said.

NiQUAN GTL is one of only five commercial GTL plants currently operating in the world built exclusively for the commercial production of GTL products and using the Low Temperature Fischer-Tropsch (LTFT) process.

The GTL Plant commenced operations in December 2020 and is currently ramping up to a nameplate capacity of 2,400 barrels of GTL Paraffinic Diesel and GTL Naphtha in an 80:20 split per day.

GTL products are characterized by high performance and low emissions when compared to their crude-derived equivalents and other energy sources. In addition, they are also biodegradable and have low toxicity, which confers further advantages over products made from crude oil.