The document discusses QER's vision to help secure Australia's energy future through the sustainable development of a shale to liquid fuels industry in Queensland. It outlines QER's plans to build a demonstration plant and later commercial plants to produce fuels like diesel and jet fuel from shale in a way that reduces emissions and creates jobs, while engaging with communities to obtain a social license to operate. The shale to liquids industry is positioned as having the potential to significantly reduce Australia's fuel imports and trade deficit by 2030.
2. QER’s vision:
Help secure Australia’s energy future
Our mission is to build and operate a safe,
economically viable and sustainable
shale to liquid fuels industry
in Queensland.
8. Economic benefits to QLD of a STL industry
4000 jobs regional Qld
2000 long term construction jobs
$800mpa taxes & royalties
$12.4B pa trade deficit reduction
9. Economic case for an Australian STL fuels industry
73 million barrels of oil annually
Australian refinery feedstock
$33bn to Australia’s GNP (2030)
Technology for 3T bbls of oil
Source: ACIL Tasman 2009
14. Social licence - understanding our community’s
requirements and valuation
• What is the maximum value we
can add?
• What opportunities and prospects
are our communities looking for?
• Are there basic requirements
missing now?
• What capability could the
community fulfill in the future?
• Where should the work be done?
• What other linkages can we
introduce?
15. Existing
Plantation –
Gibbs Property,
Future Calliope
Optimisation
NSF Trial Trial Future ERE
Recreation
Area ANorth
Trial
Future
Strip
NSF/GA Trial Grazing
Area ASouth Trial
16. Environment: Technology to reduce emissions
• Thermal oxidizers
• Lower temperatures
• Lump processing
• Lower gas and liquid volumes
• Sealed processes and tanks
• Iso-kinetic sampling
• Process and emissions measurement
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18. QER’s planned project development stages
~ 2017 - 2019
Commercial
2014-15 Stage II at
Commercial 20,000 bbls per
day
Stage I plant
2011
Technology
demonstration
plant - QLD
2007
Colorado pilot plant
trials
19. Demonstration plant objectives.....
• Demonstrate safe and environmentally sound performance
to community and government
$100m capital (70% regional
QLD)
150 construction/50 permanent
• Develop product market acceptability
• Maximize technical and process
development
• Build operational expertise
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24. The fuels QER will produce in Queensland
• Synthetic crude oil for Australia’s
refineries
• High cetane
• High energy density
Wide Cut QER
• Ultra-low sulphur diesel Naphtha Low
USA
Sulphur No. 2
Diesel Diesel
• High quality jet fuel
25. Shale to liquids can be part of a positive future
“Australia could find itself with a clean
shale-oil industry employing 6000
people and adding $30 billion to the
economy over the next 20 years.
It has the potential to sit alongside
clean coal, geothermal, coal seam gas,
Hon Peter Beattie
biofuels, solar and wind in a realistic
Former Queensland Trade Commissioner
The Australian newspaper
future global energy mix.”
14 August 2010
26. Questions and Points of
View?
Social Licence and
Sustainable Development:
QER’s Perspective