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GTL hits snags as projects are postponed
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
oil and energy trends
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1744-7992
pISSN - 0950-1045
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7992.2007.321213.x
Subject(s) - gas to liquids , fischer–tropsch process , natural gas , snag , petroleum , business , environmental science , commerce , petroleum engineering , natural resource economics , industrial organization , waste management , economics , engineering , chemistry , ecology , biochemistry , organic chemistry , habitat , selectivity , biology , catalysis
Rising prices for oil were supposed to have made the synthesis of petroleum liquids from natural gas via a gas‐to‐liquids (GTL) more attractive. Instead, many developments appear to be on hold. Part of the reason has been the rising capital cost of GTL plants. There have also been problems with the new technology.