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Agricultural Outlook Forum
U.S. Department of Agriculture
February 21-22, 2008
Renewable Diesel from Animal Fat
Lou Burke
Renewable Diesel from Animal Fat
USDA Outlook Forum
Lou Burke
Manager Biofuels
Company Profile
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An international, integrated energy company. 11.2 billion
BOE reserves
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The 3rd largest integrated energy company in the United
States
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2nd largest refiner in U.S. – 2 MMBPD, EU – 640 MBPD
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19 Refineries (15 wholly owned), 2.7 MBDP Worldwide
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Approximately 38,400 employees worldwide and assets of
$184 billion
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NYSE Ticker: COP
ConocoPhillips Biofuels
• We are a Blender
¾ Ethanol in US and EU
¾ Biodiesel in US and EU
• We are a Producer
¾ Renewable Diesel in Ireland & US
• We are a Technology Developer
¾ Internally
¾ At Universities
¾ With other commercial companies
Biofuels Program Strategy
•ConocoPhillips plans to develop & implement
biofuels technologies that will:
¾ Establish attractive business opportunities
¾ Utilize lower cost, more sustainable feedstocks
¾ Maximize the use of existing infrastructure
¾ Leverage COP’s areas of expertise, competence and
asset base
¾ Minimize the carbon footprint and support COP’s
sustainable development strategies
Biofuel Pathways
Fats & Oils
Renewable
Diesel
Cracking
Starches and Sugars
FAME
EtOH
Sugar
Higher
to
Alcohols Hydrocarbon
Biomass
BTL
Cellulosic
EtOH
Hydrothermal
Digestion
Pyrolysis
Fats & Oils Processing Options
Crops/Livestock
Extraction/
Rendering
Fats & Oils
Esterification
Biodiesel
(Fatty Acid Methyl Ester,
or FAME)
Hydrotreating
Renewable
Diesel
Renewable Diesel Chemistry
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O
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H2COC(CH2)7CH=CH(CH2)7CH3
O
Fat or Oil
HCOC(CH2)7CH=CHCH2CH=CH(CH2)4CH3
(Triglyceride)
O
H2COC(CH2)7CH=CHCH2CH=CHCH2CH=CHCH2CH3
Hydrotreating
CH3
Renewable
CH2 +
Diesel
Heat, Hydrogen, Catalyst
(3-x) CH3(CH2)16CH3 + 2(3-x)H2O
x CH3(CH2)15CH3 + xCO2
n-Paraffins
CH3
Propane
Crude Distillation
Renewable Diesel Process
Crude
Straight Run Gasoline
Straight Run Diesel
Hydrogen
Diesel
Hydrotreater
Renewable Diesel
Renewable Fats/Oils
Straight Run Resid
Note: Capital investment is
required at refineries to modify
infrastructure to enable renewable
fats & oils processing.
Typical Renewable Diesel
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Paraffinic (C15-C18)
No Oxygen
No Double Bonds
In Heart of Diesel Fuel (C10C22)
High Cetane
Feedstock Independent
Cold Flow Issues
Renewable Diesel Highlights
• No New Molecules-No New Fuel Specs Needed
¾ Meets D 975 and EN 590 Specifications
¾ Extremely High Cetane
¾ Utilizes existing distribution infrastructure
¾ No vehicle constraints
• Excellent GHG performance
• Criteria Pollutant Screening
¾ NOx, HC, CO, and PM all improved vs. petroleum
diesel
Other Renewable Diesel Projects
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BP: 1,900 BPD, Australia - 2007 (Co-processing)
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Nippon Oil: Commercial Within 3 Years
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UOP/ENI - 2009
Neste/OMV: 4,000 BPD, Austria - 2009
Neste: 3,400 BPD, Finland - 2007, Second Plant 2009
Petrobras: Four Refineries 4,000 BPD - 2007 (Coprocessing)
From publicly available sources
Other Activities
• ADM Partnership
¾ Biomass to “Bio-crude” to fuel
¾ Thermo-Chemical conversions
• ISU Partnership
¾ Programs range from cropping systems to conversion
technologies
¾ Focused primarily on thermochemical conversion
¾ Recently received DOE grant for BTL
• Other partnerships
¾ C2B2
¾ Others