Overview of ambreCTL
Ambre CTL Limited (a subsidiary of Ambre Energy) is proposing Australia's first commercial scale coal-to-liquids project in Queensland, 30km south west of Toowoomba and 10km south east of Pittsworth.
The project, ambreCTL, will convert local coal to unleaded petrol and LPG, which will be available for domestic use. Ambre Energy is applying for mining leases covering 2,000 hectares on the Felton North coal deposit.
Tests show this site has the most optimal coal for conversion to liquid fuels and that it is relatively close to the surface. The project will involve constructing:
- a coal-to-liquids facility which will produce 940 million litres per year (ML/yr) of high quality unleaded petrol and 150 ML/yr of LPG
- an adjoining open-cut coal mine to supply four million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of feed coal to the facility
The site will also contain dams, a coal stockpile, conveyor systems and a power generation plant.
Coal from the mine will undergo a gasification process to produce a syngas for conversion to methanol. Methanol will then be converted to high quality unleaded petrol using ExxonMobil technology.
The project will have many economic benefits for Queensland and will help to provide fuel security by reducing the state’s reliance on petroleum products imported from overseas or refined from imported crude oil. By 2014, ambreCTL could meet more than 20% of Queensland’s demand for unleaded petrol.
An Initial Advice Statement (IAS) has now been publicly released, which details the nature and scope of the project. This IAS will assist the Queensland Government to prepare draft Terms of Reference for the project’s Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), initiating comprehensive stakeholder consultation.
Downloads
Initial Advice Statement - ambreCTL (PDF, 1.6 mB)
Fuelling Queensland's Future - ambreCTL brochure (PDF, 666 kB)
Oct 2010 Community information sessions presentation (PDF, 1.15 mB)
Rural Watch presentation, 22 March 2010 (PDF, 547 kB)
Fact sheet 1 - Environmental Impact Asessment (PDF, 400)
Fact sheet 2 - Rehabilitation (PDF, 334 kB)
