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Fundamentals of Gas to Liquids, 2005

"In the opinion of Sasol Chevron, and of many in the oil and gas industry around the world, Fundamentals of Gas to Liquids succeeded in being an independent, objective and authoritative guide to the GTL industry . Although some of the contents have changed in this second edition, the quality of what Petroleum Economist has produced remains as high as ever."
George Couvaras, Chief Executive, Sasol Chevron

The book contains 19 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; ExxonMobil; Syntroleum; Calyon; Technip; CSIRO Petroleum; PetroSA; Toyota Motor Europe; Foster Wheeler; and Purvin & Gertz.

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Table of Contents

 

1 Foreword

1.1 A role in all our futures, George Couvaras, chief executive, Sasol Chevron

2 Projects

2.1 Oryx GTL: making history, Chris Turner, general manager, Oryx GTL

2.2 The first, but not the last, Nicolas Chapin, director, project finance natural resources, Calyon

2.3 Oryx GTL: lessons learned, Vittorio Fedeli, GTL project sponsor, Technip

2.4 Pearl GTL: managing the challenges of scaling up, Niels Fabricius, technical manager, Pearl GTL Project

2.5 Escravos GTL: delivering multiple benefits to Nigeria, Kim Fraser, EGTL venture manager

2.6 Following in Qatar's footsteps, Tom Nicholls, editor, Petroleum Economist

2.7 Prospects in Australia, David Trimm and James Pullar, CSIRO Petroleum

2.8 Where it all began, R Minnie, C Knottenbelt, J Clur, W Grond, M Karodia and H de Wet, PetroSA

2.9 Offshore advances, Kenneth Agee, chairman and founder, Syntroleum

3 Markets

3.1 GTL diesel: the way forward, Tony Pytte, project director, Sasol Chevron Australian Gas to Liquids project

3.2 Securing a market, Michael Corke, vice-president, Purvin & Gertz

3.3 LCA shows GTL advantages, Konrad Saur, Five Winds International; Rob Abbott, ConocoPhillips; Charlene Pretorius, Sasol Chevron; and Ferry van Dijk, Shell International Gas

3.4 Driving the future, Richard Jory, global GTL marketing manager, and Sylvia Williams, GTL business-relations manager, Shell Gas & Power

3.5 Driving tomorrow’s clean technology, Mike Hawes, general manager, corporate affairs, Toyota Motor Europe

4 Technology

4.1 Converting gas into ultra-clean diesel in three steps, Michael Waddacor

4.2 The next generation, Paul Hayward, senior process engineer, Foster Wheeler

4.3 Leading the way, Rex Tillerson, president and director, ExxonMobil

5 History

5.1 The world’s commercial GTL era will start in 2006, Michael Waddacor

6 A glossary of GTL terms

64 pages

Second edition published: June 2005

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