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The Pearl GTL Project is an exciting milestone for Shell on a learning journey - from the original research and catalyst development in our Amsterdam laboratories, through the building and operation of a pioneering plant in Malaysia, to the technological advances and operational experience which enable the process to be scaled up and the costs to be driven down to competitive levels. |
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The 140,000 barrels per day Pearl GTL plant will be the size of some of the world’s largest refineries. The project will demand a wide spectrum of competencies and capabilities - ranging from upstream technical expertise; GTL R&D capabilities - skills at the ‘atomic’ level, for example, analyzing and understanding the interactions of Carbon Monoxide (CO), Hydrogen (H2) and CnHn with Cobalt atoms on the synthesis catalyst surface; to mega project execution capabilities and a vast range of commercial skills. The layout of the Pearl GTL plant located in the Ras Laffan Industrial City is illustrated in this diagram. |
 The full magnitude of the undertaking, however, only really emerges when we look from a construction perspective. The dimensions are impressive. For example, the plot size of 1.6 by 1.4 kilometres or 230 hectares is more than 450 football fields. The Pearl GTL Project will require 3000 items of equipment including - pumps, compressors, columns, and vessels. In comparison, the two LNG plants now operating in Ras Laffan have around half that number of equipment between them. |
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