Technip Germany

Coke Calcining Plants

June 2008
 Introduction

TECHNIP is co-operating closely with METSO Minerals, Inc., USA (KvS

technology) for about 25 years on the implementation of coke calcining plants and
has since 1993 an exclusive agreement for many countries in the world.

METSO Minerals, Inc. is the world’s leading supplier of coke calcining technology,
having furnished 50 plants representing approximately 70% of the world’s coke
calcining capacity.

TECHNIP designed and executed 6 out of 15 Calciner Projects worldwide. This

includes the latest and biggest green-field Calciner Project, the ALBA Petroleum
Coke Calciner Plant in Bahrain with a production capacity of 450,000 ton per year.

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 Description of Technology

Petroleum Coke Calcining is a process whereby green or raw petroleum

coke is thermally upgraded to

- remove associated moisture and volatile combustion matter

- improve critical physical properties like

y electrical conductivity
y real density
y oxidation characteristics

The feedstock "Green Coke" is a by-product of the coker process in oil

refineries.

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 Application of Calcined Coke

Calcined petroleum coke is an important industrial commodity linking the

oil refining and metallurgical / chemical industries.

Calcined petroleum coke is required in:

the aluminium industry to manufacture anodes for the aluminium potlines

the steel industry

y to manufacture carbon and graphite electrodes

y as carbon raiser

the chemical industry as a feedstock for the production of Titanium Dioxide by the
modern chloride process route

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 Coke Calcining Scheme

Naphtha
Vacuum

Gasoil
LPG
Residue
from Vacuum
Section of
Green Sponge Coke
Distillation Cogeneration
Delayed (Fuel Grade)
Unit Plants
Coker
Cement Plants

(Steam)
Excess
Energy
Aluminium
Green Sponge Coke Calcined Coke Industry
(Anode Grade) (Anode Grade) Chemical
Industry
Green Needle Coke Coke Steel Industry
(Premium Grade) Calciner Calcined Coke Steel Mills
(Premium Grade) Electric Arc
Furnaces

REFINERY CONSUMERS

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 Calcined Coke Market
Mt (x 1000)

12000

10000
EAST
CHINA
8000 WEST

6000

4000

2000

0
1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000

Calcined Coke Consumption for the Primary Aluminium Production until 2004
(Basis: 0.377 ton CPC for the production of 1 ton Aluminium)

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 Calcining Trends

PETROLEUM COKE CALCINING may be achieved in a :

z Rotary Kiln or
z Rotary Hearth or
z Shaft Kiln

The trend nowadays is to build rotary kiln types only due to :

y flexibility in accepting a wide range of green coke feed qualities

y production capacity
y consistent calcining conditions due to the rotation of the Kiln
y low percentage of dust content in the product
y higher calcined coke grain stability
y good operation experience
y low maintenance and operating cost process

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 Coke Calcining Plant Configuration

Scheme of a typical modern coke calcining plant based upon the rotary
kiln technique (bird view).

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 Technip Germany‘s Scope of Work

¾ Project development ¾ Front End Engineering Design

¾ Feasibility and master plans ¾ Project management

¾ Process studies ¾ Detail engineering

¾ Assisting in identifying potential ¾ Procurement

suppliers of green coke and off-
¾ Construction
takers for calcined coke
¾ Commissioning and start-up
¾ Development of viable financing
¾ Training
schemes

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 Selected Projects Coke Calcining
Project ALUMINIUM BAHRAIN
Location Sitra, Bahrain
Licensor METSO Minerals (KvS)
Capacity 2 x 225,000 tpy (CPC)

Feed Anode grade green coke

with various qualities (blending)
Products The excess steam produced in the Waste Heat
Boiler is utilised to run a sea water desalination
plant with a capacity of 41,000 m3/d
Start-up May 2001
SOW EPC

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 Coke Calciner - E - Romania
Petrol Coke Calcining Units
► Contract Award:
• October 2007
► Completion Date:
• February 2008 (scheduled)
► Client:
• Smart Business Advice Srl
► Scope of Work:
• LS Budgetary Estimate for Petroleum Coke
Calcining Units 140,000 - 200,000 t/a,
3 options

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 Coke Calciner - E - Saudi Arabia
GASAN - Petroleum Coke Calcining Plant
► Contract Award:
• June 2007
► Completion Date:
• December 2007
► Client:
• Gasan, Saudi Arabia
► Scope of Work:
• Budgetary Estimate and Feasibility
Calculation for a 1,000,000 t/a Petroleum
Coke Calcining Plant in two phases.

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 Selected Projects Coke Calcining
Project BP RUHR ÖL (VEBA)
Location Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Licensor METSO Minerals (KvS)
Capacity 140,000 tpy CPC

Feed Anode grade green coke

Products CPC, Steam, Carbon

Dust , “White” Gypsum

Start-up 1994
SOW EPC

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 Selected Projects Coke Calcining
Project V/O MACHINOIMPORT,
Moscow
Location Volgograd, Russia
Licensor METSO Minerals (KvS)
Capacity 2 x 55,000 tpy CPC

Feed Anode grade green coke

Products CPC, Steam
Start-up 2005 *)
SOW EPCS

*): Start-up for ONE calciner line completed in 2005 by “Others”.

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 Selected Projects Coke Calcining
Project V/O MACHINOIMPORT,
Moscow
Location Atyrau (Gurijev),
Kazakhstan
Licensor METSO Minerals (KvS)
Capacity 105,000 tpy CPC

Feed Anode grade green coke

Products CPC, Steam
Start-up 1989
SOW EPCS

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 Selected Projects Coke Calcining
Project V/O MACHINOIMPORT,
Moscow
Location Turkmenbashi,
Turkmenistan
Licensor METSO Minerals (KvS)
Capacity 105,000 tpy CPC

Feed Premium grade green coke

Products CPC (Needle Coke), Steam
Start-up 1988
SOW EPCS

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 Selected Projects Coke Calcining
Project V/O MACHINOIMPORT,
Moscow
Location Fergana,
Uzbekistan
Licensor METSO Minerals (KvS)
Capacity 105,000 tpy CPC

Feed Anode grade green coke

Products CPC, Steam
Start-up 1987
SOW EPCS

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