1. Social Licence andSustainable Development:QERs Perspective
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2. QERs vision:Help secure Australias energy futureOur mission
is to build and operate a safe,economically viable and
sustainableshale to liquid fuels industry in Queensland. 3. July
2009 4. Sustainable Development Reduce Restore Remove processes
Rehabilitation Reliable plant Plantations Renewables & energy
reduction Recycle Fuel gas Reuse Cogeneration Waste streams
Byproducts 5. Australias growing oil demand-supply gap Business as
Usual Assumed 23% Efficiency GainsImports in 2030 = 335 MMbbls
Unconventional fuelsConventional oil supplyMMbblSource: EnergyQuest
2009 6. Australias fuel trade deficitA$Bn140$128b*120High Price
Scenario100 $92b*Low Price Scenario 80 60 40$30b* 20$12.6b* Federal
Government Projection02007 201520302030 * Excludes LNG
exportsSource: ACIL Tasman 2009 7. Sustainable
DevelopmentPositioning STL 8. Economic benefits to QLD of a STL
industry4000 jobs regional Qld2000 long term construction
jobs$800mpa taxes & royalties$12.4B pa trade deficit reduction
9. Economic case for an Australian STL fuels industry73 million
barrels of oil annuallyAustralian refinery feedstock$33bn to
Australias GNP (2030)Technology for 3T bbls of oil Source: ACIL
Tasman 2009 10. Supporting the community 11. Social licence:
engaging our communities 12. Social licence - understanding our
communitysrequirements and valuation What is the maximum value we
can add? What opportunities and prospects are our communities
looking for? Are there basic requirements missing now? What
capability could the community fulfill in the future? Where should
the work be done? What other linkages can we introduce? 13.
Existing Plantation Gibbs Property, FutureCalliope
OptimisationNSFTrial TrialFuture ERERecreationAreaANorthTrial
Future Strip NSF/GATrial Grazing AreaASouth Trial 14. Environment:
Technology to reduce emissionsThermal oxidizersLower
temperaturesLump processingLower gas and liquid volumesSealed
processes and tanksIso-kinetic samplingProcess and emissions
measurement 15. QERs planned project development stages~ 2017 -
2019Commercial2014-15 Stage II atCommercial20,000 bbls perdayStage
I plant 2011 Technology demonstration plant - QLD 2007 Colorado
pilot plant trials 16. Demonstration plant objectives.....
Demonstrate safe and environmentally sound performance to community
and government $100m capital (70% regional QLD) 150 construction/50
permanent Develop product market acceptability Maximize technical
and process development Build operational expertise 17. The fuels
QER will produce in Queensland Synthetic crude oil for Australias
refineries High cetane High energy density Wide Cut QER Ultra-low
sulphur dieselNaphthaLowUSASulphur No. 2DieselDiesel High quality
jet fuel 18. Shale to liquids can be part of a positive future
Australia could find itself with a clean shale-oil industry
employing 6000 people and adding $30 billion to the economy over
the next 20 years. It has the potential to sit alongside clean
coal, geothermal, coal seam gas,Hon Peter Beattie biofuels, solar
and wind in a realisticFormer Queensland Trade CommissionerThe
Australian newspaper future global energy mix.14 August 2010 19.
Questions and Points ofView?Social Licence and Sustainable
Development: QERs Perspective
