For Fischer-Tropsch Plants

Your F-T Naphtha Is a Margin Drag. It Could Be Earning $11M/Year*

Flexiforming converts Fischer-Tropsch naphtha into high-octane renewable gasoline or BTX today, with a line of sight to Synthetic Aromatic Kerosene (SAK), the missing aromatic component that lets your plant sell fully synthetic 100% SAF at the gate.

The problem

The Fischer-Tropsch Naphtha Problem

Fischer-Tropsch plants are built for jet and diesel, but 10–25% of the liquids come out as paraffinic naphtha, and that share can be a drag on the economics of the whole project.

Hard to monetize remotely

When your plant is far from petrochemical buyers, FT naphtha may be hard to sell at any reasonable price, impacting the viability of the entire facility.

FT-SPK has no aromatics

Once ASTM allows 100% SAF, plants making only the paraffinic component (FT-SPK) will be reduced to single-component suppliers, dependent on others for the aromatic share of the blend.

Flexiforming closes the gap

The missing aromatic component is exactly what Flexiforming makes from the FT naphtha you already produce, in a modular bolt-on unit.

Unit economics

Economics of F-T Naphtha Upgrading with Flexiforming

Step 1 · Available now

Renewable Gasoline

$1M per year
Annual EBITDA
$4M one-time
Total investment
27%
Project IRR
$6M
NPV @ 12%
Brownfield modular bolt-on sized for an 8k tpa (200 bpd) naphtha stream. Gasoline at $2.4/gal, assuming no “green” premiums.
Step 2 · When ASTM-ready

Synthetic Aromatic Kerosene (SAK)

$11M per year
Annual EBITDA
$15M
Total investment
64%
Plant IRR
$80M
NPV @ 12%
* 400 bpd (16k tpa) unit; feed 200 bpd FT naphtha + 200 bpd ethanol. SAK priced on par with HEFA SAF; minimum SAK selling price $4.15/gal.

Carbon intensity

Make complete SAF with aromatics at 12 g CO₂e/MJ

14 gCO₂/MJ
Total product CI

Renewable gasoline

80%+ CI reduction versus petroleum gasoline, even with corn ethanol (60 gCO₂/MJ) as co-feed.

22 gCO₂/MJ
Total product CI

Renewable BTX

75%+ CI reduction versus the petroleum-derived product.

12 gCO₂/MJ
Total CI of blended SAF

Fully synthetic SAF

Flexiforming SAK (total CI 38–40 gCO₂/MJ) blended at 15% with FT-SPK at 8 gCO₂/MJ.

What Could Flexiforming Be Worth at Your FT Plant?

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We'll model the Flexiforming economics for your facility.