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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
Mediaplanet to release focus report on Emerging Fuels
On the eve of World Environment Day, leading independent publisher of focused reports Mediaplanet’s London office is releasing a 16-page colour report called ‘Emerging Fuels.’ The publication is to be distributed across the UK on 3rd June within each copy of The Independent newspaper... Read More
Oryx GTL registers 100th shipment of GTL products
Oryx GTL has crossed a milestone by registering the 100th shipment of its premium gas-to-liquids products. This, Oryx GTL said reinforces its commitment to Qatar’s Vision 2030 and its goal of becoming the GTL capital of the world. Oryx GTL chief commercial officer Mohamed al-Mushiri said... Read more
Sasol buys into Talisman shale play for $1.08 bln
JOHANNESBURG/CALGARY, March 8 (Reuters) - Sasol Ltd (Symbol : SSL) said on Tuesday it will pay Talisman Energy Inc (Symbol : TLM)C$1.05 billion ($1.08 billion) for its second shale gas interest in Canada, as it looks to boost its gas portfolio and secure feedstock for gas-to-liquids plants... Read more
Sasol buying second stake in Talisman
Just months after announcing a $1.05 billion deal to buy a stake in Talisman’s Farrell Creek assets, Sasol is buying a second stake in the company’s interest in the Montney Shale Play area. The South African petrochemicals giant is purchasing a 50 per cent stake in Talisman’s Cypress A assets for an additional $1.05 billion... Read more
Pearl GTL in the start-up phase
Pearl GTL, the multi-billion dollar gas-to-liquids plant at Ras Laffan, is in the start-up phase and the two trains will begin producing fuel in the ‘coming months’, managing director Andy Brown has said... Read more
Saudi Arabia plans for alternative and nuclear energy sources
Saudi Arabia is in the process of developing its domestic nuclear energy capacity, and recently concluded nuclear cooperation agreements with Japan. In an e-mail interview, Giacomo Luciani, director of the Gulf Research Center Foundation and adjunct professor of international relations at Johns Hopkins University, discussed Saudi Arabia's nuclear energy policy... Read more
British Premier Visits Pearl GTL Plant
British Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday visited the Pearl Gas to Liquids (GTL) project in Qatar, one of the biggest energy projects launched in the country....Read more
GTL: a Glut-Inspired Idea for North America's Shale-Gas Abundance
Weak gas prices and strong oil market could underpin shale-to-GTL development; world-leader Sasol bullish about prospects....Read More
Pearl GTL Chosen ‘Innovative Gas Project’ of the Year
The Pearl gas-to-liquids project has been chosen as the ‘Innovative Gas Project of the Year’ at the Middle East Oil and Gas Awards held in Dubai. Pearl GTL is being developed by Qatar Petroleum and Shell. “Our strong partnership with Qatar....Read More
Oxford Catalysts Wins First Order for Full-Scale Microchannel Reactor
Güssing, Austria – Oxford Catalysts is gearing up for a full pilot plant phase application of its FT microchannel reactor technology. following the operation of a biomass-to-liquids (BTL) demonstration plant in Güssing....Read More
Qantas on Brink of £200m Biojet Fuel Joint Venture
The Australian airline Qantas will this month announce a deal to build the world's second commercial-scale plant to produce green biojet fuel made from waste for its fleet of aircraft....Read More
Sasol Shale Deal Raises Prospect of World's First Shale Gas-To-Liquids Plant
BMI View: Sasol's farm-in deal with Talisman creates the potential for a lucrative GTL project using low-cost shale gas feedstock to supply the US products market....Read More