Jordanian oil shale to undergo tests for oil production
Amman, Jordan: Enefit Outotec Technology (EOT), a joint venture of Estonia's energy group Enefit and Outotec, a global leader in providing minerals and metals processing technology, has brought a pilot plant based on Enefit solid heat carrier process into operation in Frankfurt, Germany that shall allow EOT to provide services for testing oil production from different types of oil shale.
The purpose of the pilot plant is to test the Enefit shale oil production process on different types of oil shale, collect data for adapting the process and produce test batches of shale oil for further analysis. "This is necessary to customize the industrial design of Enefit plants to the properties of a specific oil shale," EOT's CEO Alo Kelder said. "We have made an investment into a unique facility that allows our customers to benefit from more reliable and better performing shale oil plant designs."
"Previously we have studied the characteristics and behaviour of different oil shale including Estonian, Utah and Jordanian oil shale on our smaller bench scale test unit. The pilot plant enables us to simulate the original process used in Enefit280 plant in Narva, Estonia and to produce oil in an amount which is necessary for upgrading test work. Pilot plant is an important tool for further development work and for optimizing the Enefit technology," EOT's CTO Robert Mergler noted.
The hot-commissioning of the plant was conducted with Estonian oil shale. Over 1,200 litres of shale oil was produced during the commissioning. Next test campaigns will be run with Utah and Jordanian oil shale.
Enefit Pilot Plant retort throughput is 1 tonne of material per hour and its thermal capacity is 2MW. The pilot plant is available for third party test work.
Enefit technology is proven - it has been implemented in Estonian oil shale industry for over 30 years. Enefit´s annual shale oil production is over 1,2 million barrels in Estonia. The upgraded Enefit technology has been implemented in an industrial size Enefit280 shale oil plant in Estonia with a throughput of 280 tonnes per hour. The Enefit280 unit is under commissioning and will increase Estonia's shale oil production significantly after brought to full production mode.
Enefit Outotec Technology, based in Frankfurt, Germany, develops and supplies Enefit technology. It offers a variety of services from resource evaluation to engineering and plant operation support for plants based on Enefit technology.
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About Enefit Outotec Technology:
https://www.enefit.com/eot
Enefit Jordan BV is developing a shale oil plant and oil shale fired power plant also in Jordan. Last year Enefit, together with its partners YTL Power International Berhad of Malaysia and Near East Investments of Jordan, issued an international tender for engineering, procurement and construction for Jordan's first direct burning oil shale fired power plant. The plant, which will be based at the Attarat um Ghudran oil shale deposit approximately 100km south east of Amman, will have a capacity of approximately 500MW and is expected to reduce the Kingdom's expenditure on energy imports by more than JD 350 million per year.
Enefit is the national energy company of Estonia. Enefit owns and operates some 2,000MW of direct oil shale fired mine-mouth power generation capacity and supplies electricity to some 500,000 customers. Enefit is currently constructing a further 300MW circulating fluidised bed power generation plant in Estonia which will be the most efficient and environmentally friendly oil shale fired power plant in the world. The new power plant is scheduled to be operational at the end of 2015.
Enefit is also one of the largest producers of (kerogen) shale oil in the world and has been engaged in oil shale processing for over 30 years.
More than 1 billion tons of oil shale has been mined, nearly 200 million barrels of oil have been produced and more than 600TWh of electricity has been produced from oil shale in Estonia to date.
Outotec is a global leader in providing minerals and metals processing technologies, the headquarter is located in Finland. Outotec has a strong portfolio of world-class technologies including innovative solutions for industrial water treatment, utilisation of alternative energy sources and for the chemical industry. Over 80% of Outotec´s business comes from the minerals and metals industry and the rest increasingly from the energy industry, chemical industry and industrial water treatment. Outotec continuously develops its proprietary technologies and complements its in-house R&D with acquisitions and partnerships.
For further information please contact:
Eliis Vennik
Eesti Energia
Press-officer
eliis.vennik@energia.ee
+372 715 12 18
+372 57 830 756
Karim Mardam-Bey
Account Director
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Tel: +9626 461 1014
Fax: +9626 461 1018
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