The initial gas-to-liquids (GTL) complexes implemented in the 1980sand early 1990s were not commercially successful for a number ofreasons - the main one was that they were far too expensive (Table1)...
The initial gas-to-liquids (GTL) complexes implemented in the 1980s
and early 1990s were not commercially successful for a number of
reasons - the main one was that they were far too expensive (Table
1).
None of these GTL pioneers fared well. The plant at Montunui, New
Zealand, designed to produce gasoline via methanol (with Mobil's
zeolite catalyst) was soon turned into a methanol plant. Both the
South African and Malaysian complexes were plagued by operational
problems. An explosion in the air separation unit at Bintulu,
Malaysia, in 1997 further damaged the already tarnished GTL image.
And the technology's prohibitive investment costs stifled future
GTL developments. In st
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