TECHNICAL PROCESSES

UCG – Underground Coal Gasification Technical Process

Linc Energy is the world leader in Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) to produce a synthesis gas (syngas) feedstock for the production of valuable and cleaner energy solutions, such as power generation, fuel production and petrochemical processes.

The UCG process takes place deep in the coal seam, accessing 'stranded' coal without the need to mine and process it aboveground.

Linc Energy has constructed and commissioned the world’s only UCG Demonstration Facility located in Queensland, Australia, which also contains Gas to Liquids Fischer-Tropsch processing for cleaner fuel production and a world-class laboratory for technical advancements. It is at this site that Linc Energy has proven the combined use of UCG and GTL technologies.

Linc Energy also owns the world’s only commercial UCG facility, Yerostigaz located in Angren in Uzbekistan, which has been producing syngas for power generation since 1961.

How UCG works

UCG transforms underground coal into a high quality synthesis gas (syngas) of carbon monoxide, hydrogen and methane as heat and oxygen are introduced.