Can gas-to-liquids technology get traction?

GTL has struggled to establish foothold, use of technology for stranded Alaska North Slope natural gas lacks has been floated

Bill White

Researcher/writer for the Office of the Federal Coordinator

This is the second part of a two-part story.

How GTL works Making gas-to-liquids products is crazy expensive because a GTL plant involves three steps, each of which is costly all by itself. Think of a GTL plant as three distinct factories linked into a single assembly line: A gas processing plant, a chemical plant and a refinery. Here’s the ba....

High cost, high risk

Dark history

GTL for the future?