Texaco high-sulfur

Non-catalytic partial oxidation (POX) of hydrocarbons from residual fuel oils to methane is commercially proven by two processes, one offered by Texaco and the other by Shell. Davy has experience with both processes. Each process has a large number of plants in operation, with feeds varying from natural gas to high sulfur residual oil. (In fact, so long as the feedstock can be pumped, it is a suitable feestock for a partial oxidation gasifier. 

Texaco Synthesis Gas Generation Process. For many years, The Texaco Synthesis Gas Generation Process (]L, 2, 3) has been available for licensing throughout the world as an efficient technology for converting high-sulfur residual petroleum fuels and tars into synthesis gas. More than seventy-five plants have been built in twenty-two countries since the first units came on stream in 1955. Most of these facilities have been associated with manufacture of ammonia, methanol, and oxo-chemicals. 

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