http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/08/15/synfuels-turns-stranded-natural-gas-into-gasoline/ Trends, happenings and innovations in the clean technology market Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:38:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/08/15/synfuels-turns-stranded-natural-gas-into-gasoline/comment-page-1/#comment-2162 Anonymous Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:27:49 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/08/15/synfuels-turns-stranded-natural-gas-into-gasoline/#comment-2162 The company says it can go from fully portable units to large scale, with the cost falling as economies of scale are reached. But even at small scale, it says the costs are much more economical than F-T processes. Company president Tom Rolfe told me they can go from as small as 5 million standard cubic feet per day to 500 MM scfd. I believe Fischer-Tropsch plants are not appropriate for anything under 200 MM scfd. Rolfe said the truly portable refineries would have to be under 25 MM scfd. At this size, you could build a plant on an offshore rig, keep it there for a few years, and then disassemble and transport to another remote location. The company says it can go from fully portable units to large scale, with the cost falling as economies of scale are reached. But even at small scale, it says the costs are much more economical than F-T processes. Company president Tom Rolfe told me they can go from as small as 5 million standard cubic feet per day to 500 MM scfd. I believe Fischer-Tropsch plants are not appropriate for anything under 200 MM scfd. Rolfe said the truly portable refineries would have to be under 25 MM scfd. At this size, you could build a plant on an offshore rig, keep it there for a few years, and then disassemble and transport to another remote location.

]]> http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/08/15/synfuels-turns-stranded-natural-gas-into-gasoline/comment-page-1/#comment-2161 Anonymous Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:21:03 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/08/15/synfuels-turns-stranded-natural-gas-into-gasoline/#comment-2161 how small a scale is this applicable in? can it be small enouh to be portable? and at the othe rend of the spectrum, can it scale up? how small a scale is this applicable in? can it be small enouh to be portable? and at the othe rend of the spectrum, can it scale up?

]]> http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/08/15/synfuels-turns-stranded-natural-gas-into-gasoline/comment-page-1/#comment-2160 Anonymous Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:40:12 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/08/15/synfuels-turns-stranded-natural-gas-into-gasoline/#comment-2160 If Synfuels GTL plants processed just 25% of the natural gas "lost" in the process of extracting oil fron the Alaska North Slope oil wells, 135,000 additional barrels of clean burning gasoline could be produced per day. In this scenario, no additional pipelines would be needed. The gasoline could be transported in existing, underused oil pipelines! If Synfuels GTL plants processed just 25% of the natural gas “lost” in the process of extracting oil fron the Alaska North Slope oil wells, 135,000 additional barrels of clean burning gasoline could be produced per day. In this scenario, no additional pipelines would be needed. The gasoline could be transported in existing, underused oil pipelines!

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