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that provide gasification technology: GE/Texaco,
Conoco/Phillips and Shell Global Solutions. Tondu conducted extensive
analysis of these competing gasification technologies and concluded that
Shell Global Solutions offers the most competitive and best performing option.
The Shell Coal Gasification Process (SCGP) because of its higher efficiency its higher efficiency, lower environmental
emissions, lower operating costs, and lower water requirements.
The GE/Texaco and Conoco/Phillips processes both use a wet feed system and a refractory-lined gasification chamber which increases operation and maintenance costs when compared to the SCGP dry feed and membrane-lined gasification chamber. The Company carefully and thoroughly studied gasification, attended conferences in New Mexico, Indiana, Washington DC, and Texas and met with each of the three vendors. Consultants, engineers, operators, scientists, researchers, and various individuals with gasification knowledge and experience were interviewed. Construction and engineering contractors with building a gasification project were engaged to provide an assessment of EPC costs. In April, 2005 Tondu entered into an exclusive agreement with Shell Global Solutions Inc. to utilize the Shell Coal Gasification Process technology after conducting extensive research into all competing gasification technologies, including site visits to commercially operating gasification projects in the Netherlands, Spain, Japan, Florida, Indiana, and Tennessee.
Buggenum, Netherlands
Nagishi, Japan
(photo coming soon) Eastman, Knoxville Tennessee
Wabash
Polk County, Florida
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