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"The GTL Industry has come a long way in a very short time. Driven by the need for cleaner energy products and the necessity to supplement oil-derived transport fuels with fuels from other feedstocks, GTL is now stepping up to take its place in the future energy slate."
Joe Naylor, Chief Executive, Sasol Chevron
The book contains 17 articles examining all aspects of the GTL industry. Subjects include: major project updates; marketing opportunities for GTL products; life-cycle analysis; project financing; and plant design and economics. The book also contains a history of the industry and a glossary of GTL terms.
Contributions come from all the major players in the industry, including: Sasol Chevron; Shell Global Solutions; BP; Wood Mackenzie; Purvin & Gertz; PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Oryx GTL. |
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Table of Contents Foreword
1.1 Step change in the GTL industry 3
Joe Naylor, chief executive, Sasol Chevron
Projects
2.1 Bintulu: harnessing scale-up lessons for global success 5
Matt Wilson, Petroleum Economist
2.2 Oryx GTL – reaping rewards 8
Flip De Wet, general manager, Oryx GTL
2.3 EGTL – uniquely African 10
Eric Roper, general manager, EGTL
2.4 Growing the Pearl 12
Niels Fabricius, general manager XTL technology, Shell Global Solutions
2.5 The contractor’s perspective 15
Graham Taylor, project director, Tolani Azeez, PMC contract manager, and Eileen Teo, project engineer, KBR
2.6 Confronting the challenges 19
Alex Forbes, Petroleum Economist
2.7 Nikiski: proving the potential 22
Dave Griffiths, programme manager FT technology, BP
2.8 Small projects, huge potential 24
David Loring, co-founder, president and chief executive, World GTL
2.9 Technology: Converting gas into cleaner diesel in three steps 26
Matt Wilson, Petroleum Economist
Products
3.1 Challenged in the near term, but too early to write off 34
Rajnish Goswami, vice-president, gas and power consulting, Asia and Middle East, and Alan Gelder, vice-president, downstream oil consulting, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Wood Mackenzie
3.2 Synthetic fuels will help to meet emissions-reduction targets 37
Stefan Keppeler, Daimler, Stuttgart, and Paul Schaberg, Sasol Advanced Fuel Laboratory, University of Cape Town
3.3 Time for reflection 40
Nigel Cuthbert, senior vice-president, Purvin & Gertz
Markets
4.1 Putting a premium on marketing 44
Alex Forbes, Petroleum Economist
4.2 Potential for environmental gains 47
Dominique Laurent, manager, sustainability department, PricewaterhouseCoopers
History of the GTL industry
5.1 Commercial GTL ventures build critical mass 51
5.2 Milestones on the road to commercialising GTL technology 61
Matt Wilson, Petroleum Economist
Glossary of GTL terms
6.1 A glossary of GTL terms
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