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 part one of a two-part story.

The plunge of U.S. natural gas prices since 2010 has undermined the coal industry, roused the nation’s petrochemical companies and begun transforming the power-generation business. But could low prices also jump-start a niche industry — called gas to liquids, or GTL — that for nearly a century has s....

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Only a toehold gained