Dr. Duncan Seddon

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Why is progress in commercialising CTL/GTL so slow?

April 23, 2008

Analysis of:Special Report: GTL, CTL finding roles in global energy supply | www.ogj.com

GTL, CTL FINDING ROLES IN GLOBAL ENERGY SUPPY Iraj I. Rahmin, Oil & Gas Journal, March 24 2008, p. 22 The article gives a good overview of the status of Gas to Liquids (GTL) and Coal to Liquids (CTL). The field is very fluid with new proposals for projects coming to light all of the time. In this analysis I wish to add a perspective from the other side of the global village. The article gives an overview of the many advantages of the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process for the production of diesel fuels and the potential role in filling the gap. Questions we might ask are why there are not more projects and why are the ones proposed seeming to progress so slowly. The answers to these two questions are complex and generally specific for a given project, but here are some general points:

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