ETB CaT Renewable Butadiene

Ethanol-to-Butadiene technology

Project of ETB CaT LLC

End-customer products from Butadiene

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Technologies of butadiene production

out of competition, 95% of the market

On-purpose production. Competing technologies,

but different raw material base

Extraction from cracking products

C4 hydrocarbons processing

Biomass processing

Developing independently from each other

4,9% of the market 0,1% - almost not used

Butadiene -by-product in the

production of ethylene

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Market trends• The production of butadiene in

relation to ethylene falls in the world • In ten years the decline was more

than 10%• The reduction will continue in the

long term perspective• In North America, the decline reached

35% in relation to ethylene

• Strong price volatility observed during last years

The index of butadiene/ethylene production

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Solution

Only the use of ethanol as a raw material has commercial experience

Technologies for butadiene production from renewable sources

biomass

ethanol butanol butanediol

butadiene

Biosynthesis

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Investment in alternative technologies

Company Investor Amount Year

Global Bioenergies Synthos € 3 million 2011

LanzaTech Invista n/a 2012

Genomatica Versalis, Braskem $ 20 million 2013

Axens (BioButterfly) Michelen+ADEME $50 million + $20 million 2013

Cobalt Technologies Asian companies n/a 2013

LEGO Group LEGO Group 150 млн. € 2015

• However, in open sources there is no information on the significant successes of these projects except Genomatica’s pilot testing in 2016.

• This suggests that the "Ethanol to butadiene" project is at a more advanced stage and can be commercialized much earlier

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Our solutionbioethanol

butadiene

Process temperature:Selectivity:

Catalyst useful life:Ethanol consumption/t:

Lebedev process ETB process400 оС60%

10-20 ч.2.9т

320 оС> 80%

> 100 ч.2.1т

The main obstacle for renewable butadiene from bioethanol is high energy use

Our solution: innovative polyfunctional catalyst to dramatically increase energy efficiency.

Energy balance,GCal/t

Dehydration С4

(DOW)

Oxy-dehydrogenation

(TPC Oxo-D)

Lebedev Process

ETB CaT Process+5.6

+10.5

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Market

95%

4,9% <0.1%

87%

10% 3%

extractive distillationdehydrogenation renewable

World consumption of butadiene in 2014 – 10.95 million tons*

consumption growth - 43%

The forecast growth in consumption to 2025 – 15 million tons *

*Butadiene (Synthetic and Bio-based) Market for Styrene Butadiene Rubber, Butadiene Rubber, Styrene Butadiene Latex, Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene, Adiponitrile and Other Applications - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2015 - 2023.

• Expected input of butadiene capacity to 2025 - up to 5 million tons with investment about $10 billion

• Royalties – $ 0.5-2.0 billion

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Road mapLaboratory

unit Pilot unit Enlarged pilot plant

2006-2015 2016-2017 2018-2020

• Catalyst development• Laboratory catalytic

unit (0.3 g/h)• RU Patent

• Construction and testing of a pilot unit (2 t/y)

• Achieving the target properties for the catalyst and process

• IP protection• The signing of an

agreement of intent with investor to the next stage

• Construction and testing of an enlarged pilot plant (5000 t/y)

• Development of the basic project for the industrial unit

• IP protection of technical details

• Technology licensing

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The business modelEngineering

company

Producers of ethanol

“ETB CaT” company

Producers of rubber

Alliance

Selling non-exclusive licenses, technology supportRoyalties (5-20% from investment)Strategic partnership

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TeamVladimir TREMBOVOLSKY (CEO)

Petr FEFELOV Andrei SMIRNOV

Jean-Pierre Gilson

Irina IVANOVA

Vitaly SUSHKEVICH

MBA, 7 years of managerial experience, the launch of business projects, experience in crisis

PhD, 9 patents, participation in projects on catalysis with UOP, General Electric, Total, Sibur companies.

Dr. Sc., Professor; more than 250 publications, 17 patents, h-index - 20. Management of the laboratory, experience with industry.

PhD, 2 patents. Leadership in implementation of different chemical processes in Russian plants

PhD, 7 patents; development of processes and catalysts for Sibur, Haldor Topse A/S companies

Dr. Sc., more then 30 patents. Worked for UOP, Shell, Total companies. Implementation of 3 industrial processes

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Thank you!Vladimir TrembovolskyCEO ETB CaT LLC+7 (495) [email protected]