Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Uhde and the Mongolian Government have signed two Memoranda of Understanding relating to the development, engineering and construction of a coal-to-liquids plant and also a heat recovery coke making plant. Feasibility studies for the two projects had already been prepared. The result of the coal-to-liquids study was presented at the Mongolian CTG Project Conference in Ulaanbaatar in June 2008, and the heat recovery coke making plant study based on ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s proprietary heat recovery coking technology was presented in December 2011.
At the same time as the memoranda, ThyssenKrupp Uhde also signed a licensing agreement with the Ulaanbaatar-based Industrial Corporation of Mongolia for use of ThyssenKrupp’s proprietary PRENFLO® coal gasification technology. “ThyssenKrupp Uhde is contributing proprietary technologies to both projects and will also be acting as general contractor,” said Alfred Hoffmann, CTO and Member of ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH’s Executive Board. Referring to the coal-to-liquids plant, he added: “This plant will enable us to offer the customer a holistic process solution from coal to synthetic fuel.”
The Mongolian government has been intending to limit fossil fuel imports for quite some time and instead to increasingly utilise its abundant domestic coal deposits. It has therefore set itself the goal of upgrading this domestic coal and converting it into high-grade chemical and petrochemical products. As a primary measure, the Mongolian government intends to build a coal-to-liquids plant in Mongolia to produce synthetic fuels from coal.
“We are extremely glad to have ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s experience and expertise in the EPC business,” said Y.Batsukh, Director of ICM. “The chemical plants on which Mongolia has set its sights are huge and complex, and we need an experienced single-source chemical EPC contractor and licensor.” ThyssenKrupp Uhde is a global leader in coal gasification with over 70 years experience in the field. Since the company was founded in 1921, ThyssenKrupp Uhde has built more than 2,000 plants.
Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Uhde and the Mongolian Government have signed two Memoranda of Understanding relating to the development, engineering and construction of a coal-to-liquids plant and also a heat recovery coke making plant. Feasibility studies for the two projects had already been prepared. The result of the coal-to-liquids study was presented at the Mongolian CTG Project Conference in Ulaanbaatar in June 2008, and the heat recovery coke making plant study based on ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s proprietary heat recovery coking technology was presented in December 2011.