USA: Gasoline Topsoe Licenses Technology to Nacero for Reducing Carbon Footprint

Haldor Topsoe’s Tigas technology has been selected by Nacero for its Penwell facility in Houston, Texas, USA. With this technology, Nacero aims at reducing the lifecycle carbon footprint of its gasoline production.

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Kgs. Lyngby/Denmark – Gasoline produced by the Tigas technology contains no sulfur, is cost-competitive with traditional gasoline, and can be used in today’s cars and trucks without modification. Nacero’s Penwell facility will create a market for natural gas that is currently vented or flared and is expected to double the U.S. market for captured bio-methane.

By making gasoline without the byproducts of crude oil refining, Nacero’s Penwell facility will avoid the introduction into the atmosphere of 1 billion tons of CO2 during its first thirty years of operation.

"By making our gasoline from natural gas, renewable natural gas, and captured flare gas rather than crude oil, Nacero will offer America’s 225 million drivers an affordable, everyday climate solution. The Tigas technology enables us to cut both the production cost and the lifecycle carbon footprint of everyday fuel by 50 %. As a result, we will be able to profitably sell our environmentally superior fuel at competitive prices. We will use existing vehicles, markets, and infrastructure to quickly, predictably, and cost effectively bring Nacero Blue and Green gasoline to U.S. markets and help mitigate climate change," said Jay Mc Kenna, Nacero President and CEO.

“We are proud that Nacero has made Tigas its technology of choice for its large-scale, cost-effective, scalable solution to GHG emissions. This project will make a material difference, and we are extremely pleased to supply Nacero with our proven world-scale carbon emissions reduction technology,” said Amy Hebert, Chief Commercial Officer, Haldor Topsoe.

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Nacero selected Tigas after careful consideration of competing technologies. The fact that Tigas has been operating at identical unit scale in Turkmenistan for nearly two years was a major factor in the Company’s decision. The Turkmenistan facility is the only large-scale natural gas-to-gasoline plant presently operating in the world.

Tigas incorporates Topsoe’s Syncor Methanol technology that achieves exceptional economy of scale. By using six Syncor Methanol plants, Nacero’s Penwell plant will produce more than 30,000 metric tons per day (MTPD) of methanol, which will then be processed to gasoline. The only byproduct will be water, which will be recovered and used to supply 80 % of the plant’s make-up water. The Penwell facility will also produce ‘blue’ hydrogen.

The Tigas technology has a very high carbon efficiency which results in savings in natural gas. The proprietary Topsoe upgrading unit will make it possible for Nacero to produce a wide range of commercial gasoline grades that meet U.S. specifications, including those of California.

Nacero and Topsoe have established an alliance for the supply of Topsoe technology and catalysts for future Nacero natural gas-based gasoline production facilities in the United States.

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