大马国家石油公司(PETRONAS) 正在寻找对副气体 (Associated Gas, AG)解决方案，主要针对岸外的火炬设施。这个项目为了货币化副气体，转为商业价值，同时减少炭排放。
据了解，国油打算在2018年目标减少40%-50%副气体浪费燃烧，减少炭排放。
在低迷的油气领域，给一些动力。什么技术会胜出？什么公司会受惠？文中提到gas-to-liquid (GTL) and gas-to-solid (GTS)，gas re-injection，转化为石化原料。
冷知识（小字典）：
副气体 (Associated Gas) ：是一种天然气 natural gas，发现有石油储层中油上方的游离“气帽”。由于技术的限制，大部分副气体无商业价值，而被安全地燃烧掉，没有生产任何产品或能源。燃烧副气体是浪费，同时大量炭排放，造成地球暖化。
原文：
http://www.petronas.com.my/TechChallenge/Pages/CurrentChallenge.aspx
Monetisation of Associated Gas from Offshore Flares
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL DESCRIPTION
PETRONAS is looking at economic solutions to monetise Associated Gas
(AG) from offshore flaring facilities which has neither existing gas
utilisation nor evacuation infrastructure. The objective is to
beneficially utilize the hydrocarbon resource and reduce the carbon
footprint and intensity.
Proposals are requested for innovative and commercially viable
technology solutions for monetizing excess associated gas at offshore
facilities that shall meet the following requirements:
• Do not comprise conventional gas evacuation facility
• Not a modular addition to the existing platform
• Minimise or eliminate continuous flaring
• Commercially viable
• Meets all regulatory requirements related to upstream activities with good and modern petroleum practices in Malaysia
CHALLENGE TIMELINE
ENTRY GUIDELINES
• Respondents must submit the proposal by 15th July 2017.
• Respondents must ensure no confidential information is submitted at this stage.
• Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by the Technology Challenge
committee for further clarification after the initial screening.
• The winner of this challenge will be announced on 31st October 2017
As this is a crowdsourcing exercise, this Challenge is NOT limited to existing PETRONAS licensed vendors only.
THE WINNING SOLUTION
The selected solution provider will have the opportunity to deploy their
proposal at a designated asset in return for, upon success, replication
of the solutions to other PETRONAS designated assets. Successful
deployment will earn registration as a qualified vendor for monetisation
of offshore flared gases projects.
See your solutions and ideas in action in our fields and collect valuable performance data from deployment!
BACKGROUND
Associated petroleum gas (APG) or associated gas (AG) is a form of
natural gas produced as a by-product of crude oil production. At
majority of oil facilities, the AG is monetised or utilised for
petroleum operations and any excess is exported as sales gas or
re-injected to achieve zero continuous (routine) flaring. In offshore
mature fields and older facilities, excess hydrocarbon gas is flared
since economics of scale cannot be achieved.
Recent advances in technology has enabled economic deployment of Gas to
Liquid (GTL), Gas to Power (GTP), Gas to Chemicals (GTC) and Gas to
Solid (GTS) in onshore environments. A large challenge remains, to
undertake the same in offshore environments specially for matured
fields.
KEY SUCCESS CRITERIA
PETRONAS invites proposal with the following criteria:
PERFORMANCE TARGETS
1. Meets all international safety standards
2. Minimal (or eliminates) continuous flaring
3. Capacity to handle AG volume ranging as follows:
• < 1 MMSCFD• 1-10 MMSCFD• > 10 MMSCFD (30MMSCFD as maximum)
4. Meets or exceeds international reliability standards.
5. All risks should be quantified.
BUSINESS TARGETS
The technology solution proposal shall be proposed with business model
options resulting in attractive mutual economic benefit. Some possible
options (but not limited to) are service based model, joint venture,
participation interest, etc.
TECHNOLOGY READINESS
Solution ready for pilot project latest by 2019.
The system Technology Readiness Level (TRL) must meet at least TRL 4 (refer to API 17 N Technology Readiness Level)
POSSIBLE APPROACHES
Proposed solutions may include, but are not limited to:
• Conversion for gas-to-liquid (GTL) and gas-to-solid (GTS)
• Conversion to petrochemical industry feedstock
• Processing such as liquefied natural gas (LNG) or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and exporting via tankers
Conventional solution such as gas reinjection and gas evacuation by pipeline are to be excluded.
REVIEW PROCESS
The review of all submissions will be handled by PETRONAS. PETRONAS
reserves the sole and absolute right and discretion to select the
shortlisted respondents and the winner. The evaluation of proposals and
determination of selected proposal(s) will be made by our internal team.
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