Supply chain optimization of flare‐gas‐to‐butanol processes in alberta

ABSTRACT In this work, the economic feasibility of combining a novel portable gas‐to‐methanol process with a novel methanol‐to‐butanol process is examined. The gas‐to‐methanol process converts waste flare gas into methanol using a series of truck‐mounted devices deployed at oil production wellheads. The methanol‐to‐butanol process uses a new proprietary catalyst which produces butanol via a diketene intermediate at a large centralized …