Industry Articles
Natural Gas Giants Forced to GTL Production Following Shale Gas Revolution
Gas to liquids (GTL) is a capital intensive process of converting natural gas to either diesel (FT) or gasoline (MTG). The countries of the world with the largest reserves of conventional natural gas are Russia, Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkmenistan…Read More
Pilot plant to showcase gas-to-liquids potential
Gas2 has secured $8.7 million of funds to pursue development of its gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology, including construction of a pilot reactor plant…Read More
Shell Says Exports, Truck Fuel Among Options for U.S. Shale Gas
Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA), Europe’s largest energy producer, is weighing options for rising North American natural-gas output including exports and making liquid fuels, Chief Executive Officer Peter Voser said…Read More
Dutch Royal Shell Inaugurates Pearl Gas To Liquids (GTL) Project
The Emir of Qatar today officially inaugurated the Pearl Gas to Liquids (GTL) Project, the largest GTL plant in the world and the largest energy project in the state of Qatar. This state‐of‐the‐art plant has technologies to convert natural gas resources from Qatar’s North Field into high quality liquid fuels…Read More
Oil in a Week – Gas to Liquids…A Significant Industry Shift
Last week, Pearl GTL was officially inaugurated in Qatar. It is a joint project between Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Shell for the production of petroleum derivatives from natural gas. This cutting‐edge industry represents an important and fundamental shift in the oil industry, since derivatives like diesel, jet fuel, naphtha, ethane, etc…Read More
Iran to Launch First GTL Refinery Soon
TEHRAN ‐ The first Iranian GTL (gas to liquids) refinery will soon be launched in one of the Persian Gulf islands, Oil Minister Rostan Qasemi announced on Sunday. The refinery will have a daily production capacity of 10,000 barrels, the Mehr news agency reported…Read More
Qatar‐ Pearl Gas‐to‐Liquids Project a Boost to Qatar
HE the Minister of Energy and Industry and Chairman of Qatar Petroleum Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada said that the revenues of the Pearl Gasto‐Liquids (GTL) project, which HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani patronized its inauguration at a ceremony in Ras Laffan Industrial City this morning, will contribute to supporting the national economy, especially considering that oil prices are now better than those during the planning of the project…Read More
The Global Gas to Liquids Market to be Worth $5.75bn in 2011′ Says visiongain Consulting
A combination of high oil prices, oversupply of natural gas, increasing global energy demands, and improving extraction technologies is creating a renewed interest in the gas to liquids market…Read More
Shell’s Qatar Gas Project A Winner
GCC countries have woken up to the prospect of adding value to their primary export products, crude oil and natural gas, as the growing petrochemical complexes in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, and in Saudi Arabia’s Jubail and Yanbutestify…Read More
Pearl GTL: the World’s Largest Gas-to-Liquids Plant Set for Production
Pearl GTL will process around 3 billion barrels of oil equivalent over its lifetime from the world’s largest single gas field, the North Field in the Arabian Gulf. The field stretches from Qatar’s coast and contains more than 900 trillion cubic feet of gas, equivalent to 150 billion barrels of oil, or over 10% of worldwide gas resources….Read More
PetroSA Technology Ready for Next Stage
PETROSA and its joint-venture partners yesterday said they had completed the semi-commercial demonstration of the low temperature Fischer-Tropsch technology at PetroSA’s Mossel Bay gas-to-liquids plant….Read More
Students unveil their ultra-green machines
Qatar University (QU) and the Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) officially unveiled their ultra fuel-efficient cars at a grand opening ceremony held at Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) yesterday….Read More
GTL Demo Plant Arrives in Brazil
Oxford Catalysts Group PLC, the leading technology innovator for synthetic oil production, announced that its Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) demonstration plant has recently arrived in Fortaleza, Brazil following the timely completion of its construction in Asia last year….Read More
Shell Says Pearl Gas-To-Liquids Full Production By Mid-2012
PERTH -(Dow Jones)- Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s (RDSB) $19 billion Pearl gas-to-liquids plant in Qatar will ramp up to full production by mid-2012, an executive from the oil major said Wednesday….Read More
Following
