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. 2021 Mar 23;11(20):11844–11871. doi: 10.1039/d0ra08966d

Worldwide commercial gasification plants126.

Gasification plant name Location Gasification technology MIWtha SG output Startup year Feed Product
(1) Pearl GTLb Qatar Shell 10 936 2011 Natural gas TFLh
(2) Sasol synfuels II (west) South Africa Lurgi FBDBe 7048 1977 Subbituminous coal TFLh
(3) Sasol synfuels III (east) South Africa Lurgi FBDBe 7048 1982 Subbituminous coal TFLh
(4) Inner Mongolia chemical plant China Shell 3373 2011 Lignite coal Methanol
(5) Shenhua Ningxia coal-to-polypropylene China Siemens 1912 2011 Coal Methanol
(6) Great plains synfuels plant USA Lurgi FBDB 1900.3 1984 Lignite coal SNG
(7) Shenhua Ningxia coal-to-olefins plant China GEf 1750 2011 Coal Methanol
(8) Hexignen SNGc plant China SEDIN 1670 2012 Coal SNG
(9) SURLUX IGCCd project Italy GEf 1300 2000 Visbreaker residue Electricity
(10) ISAB energy IGCC project Italy GEf 1203 1999 Rose asphalt Electricity
(11) Sanwei Neimeggu methanol plant China GEf 1167 2011 Coal Methanol
(12) Edwardsport IGCCd USA GEf 1150 2013 Coal Electricity
(13) Tianjin chemical plant China Shell 1124 2010 Coal
(14) Henan Jinkai China HT-L 1120 2012 Coal Ammonia
(15) Yunnan methanol & DME plant China BGLg 1120 2011 Coal Methanol
(16) Bintulu GTLb plant Malaysia Shell 1032.4 1993 Natural gas FT liquids
(17) Long lake integrated upgrading project Canada Shell 1025 2008 Asphalt Hydrogen
(18) Leuna methanol plant Germany Shell 984.3 1985 Visbreaker residue Hydrogen
(19) Amuay Flexicoker Venezuela Flexi-coking 966 1980 Petcoke Flexi-gas
(20) Shenhua erdos China Shell 861 2008 Coal Hydrogen
a

Megawatt thermal (MWth).

b

Gas-to-liquid (GTL).

c

Synthetic natural gas (SNG).

d

Integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC).

e

Fixed bed dry bottom (FBDB).

f

General electric (GE).

g

British gas lurgi (BGL).

h

Transportation liduid fuels (TLF).