UPCYCLE, UPGRADE & UPYIELD!
Extraordinary economic benefit to the refinery, recovering a premium feedstock from its own waste stream.
About TGE
With an inexplicable obsession to build something that is novel and feasible, TGE rode the rollercoaster of discovery, R&D and commercialization and now stands before its first significant Off-Take Agreement with a major USA entity.
The TGE story is a remarkable journey of grit, grime, and perseverance by a tight-knit team of business operators who only understood one thing: Execution! Find the best people, create the best systems, and get it done.
Entirely committed to following the data and developing an engineering package, the TGE team is passionate and unified. Their collective drive and expertise enable them to tackle complex challenges with confidence, ensuring every aspect of the project is handled with precision and focus.
Our Technology
The TGE technology is a patented proprietary, non-pyrolytic, non-gasification, low-emission, and pressureless process we call EPNPI™ (Electrically Powered Nano Process Intensification). This allows for a micro footprint plant that is modularly built and scalable.
With an extensive portfolio of both apparatus and methodology IP, TGE continues to expand an already impressive list of global Patents in use at its Plant.
Remarkably not a single smoke stack can be found in our Plant which is powered by conventional electrical grid use. Practically, TGE has limited disposals to manage.
TGE Upgrading, a subsidiary of TGE FH LLC, processes non-flowable CSO, RESID, Bitumen, and Heavy Slurry Oils into a desulphurized multi-distillate hydrocarbon feedstock known as "GrudeOil™."
The Problem
Refineries using Crude Oil as a feedstock produce Heavy Slurry Oils - non-flowable, high-viscosity by-products like CSO, RESID, HGO, and Bitumen. Increasing regulatory pressures make the sale and disposal of these materials very challenging for refineries.
TGE PLANT
The TGE R&D facility near Dresden, Germany, operated by TGERE GmbH (a TGE FH LLC subsidiary), supports U.S.-based engineering teams. Managed by our technical team, it includes workshops, welding shops and extensive inventory, enabling the full operation of a TGE Commercial Module Demonstration Plant at steady-state for extended testing.
Our Team
Mr. Philip Rinaldi earned his BS and MS degrees in Chemical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1968 and 1976, respectively, starting an illustrious professional career in the Oil & Gas community with Exxon. Philip is the Founder of Philadelphia Energy Solutions and served as its Chairman & CEO until his retirement in 2017. He and the Carlyle Group created PES in 2012 to acquire the Point Breeze/Girard Point oil refining complex from Sunoco. This 350,000-barrel-per-day oil refining complex is the largest on the Eastern Seaboard and the 10th largest in the United States. Mr. Rinaldi is also the Founding Chair of the Greater Philadelphia Energy Action Team, a coalition organized to take advantage of Pennsylvania’s abundant Marcellus Shale natural gas. Mr. Rinaldi founded Coffeyville Resources in partnership with Pegasus Capital, and served as Coffeyville’s CEO, which eventually led to the business being sold to Goldman Sachs and Kelso in a highly profitable private transaction. His experience, network and reputation in the industry have been invaluable to TGE, not to mention his strategic leadership advice and guidance. Focused on results and execution, Phil has served as a senior Advisory to TGE since its inception.
Philip Rinaldi
Non-Executive Chairman
of TGE Upgrading
Kivi is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of TGE. A South African native, Kivi studied International Trade and garnered strong management experience in the heavy industrial sectors of Raw Materials and Specialty Steel as a global trader with Macsteel International. Kivi went on to leave the corporate world and immigrate to the USA, building a significant international high-end Diamond business which he sold in 2016. Impassioned by the mission and the opportunity Kivi's leadership of TGE is focused on his skillset of execution and relationship management, navigating the complex dynamics and brain trust it has required to get TGE to where it is today. In tight working synergy with his partners and the TGE team, Kivi aims to pioneer this novel and niche conversion technology that will significantly make a "Green" and economic difference to the existing energy patch, while simultaneously solving a major Refinery problem. Kivi believes in people, professionalism, systems, and passion, building a world-class team at TGE focused on a singular mission; To "Clean The World With Every Barrel™".
Kivi Bernhard
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Anthony Melhem is the Co-Founder of TGE and has been involved with several successful start-ups in the fields of technology and science. Over the past 20 years, Anthony has built a legacy centered on solving complex challenges, collaborating with talented professionals, and successfully bringing innovative products to market. His dedication to problem-solving, combined with a broad, strategic approach, has been instrumental in driving his achievements. Known for his attention to detail and out-of-the-box thinking, Anthony consistently pushes the boundaries of conventional solutions. He holds a background in International Business and Computer Science, which has equipped him with a unique perspective in both the technological and business arenas. His commitment to excellence and forward-thinking mindset continues to shape the success of TGE.
Anthony Melhem
Co-Founder
Our Mission
Cleaning the World with Every Barrel™
TGE is a petrochemical conversion technology developer that over the last 6 years has progressed from three generations of Pilot Plant facilities to a world-class, state-of-the-art Commercial Demonstration Plant in Steady State Operation.
The 3U's Of TGE
TGE takes non-flowable, high viscosity slurry oils and applies the 3Us: Upcycle, Upgrade and Upyield!
Green
Technology
A “Green” technology, TGE converts multiple Feedstocks into a full slate of premium Hydrocarbon products.
TGE Plant Tour
TGE Upgrading
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An extraordinary economic benefit to the refinery, recovering a premium feedstock from TGE Upgrading its very own CSO and RESID
REFINERY
Crude oil as primary feedstock
CSO/RESID/BITUMEN
Heavy Slurry Oils from Refinery Process
TGE PLANT
Receives Heavy Slurry Product from The Refinery and Returns a Premium Feedstock
Contact:
USA
Tachlis Global Energy
tel: (786) 209-3613
info@tgenergy.net
820 West 41 Street
Miami Beach, Florida 33140
GERMANY
TGE Plant and R&D Facility:
tel: 49 37293 6219 96
TGERE GmbH,
Eppendorf, Germany