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Coal to petrochemicals
Coal to petrochemicals will be a fast growing area in future
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China investing over 25 billion $ in coal to liquid plants
Acc to data in 2006, China is investing over $ 25 billion in coal to liquid plants
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Total possible oil reserves
Conventional is about 3.5 trillion bbls (of which 1.1 tr has been used); 1-2 trillion bbls of sand and extra heavy oil; including oil shale, the total long-term potentially recoverable oil reserves base is about 6.5 trillion bbls; if you include coal to oil, then it is about 9 trillion bbls - IEA, 2007
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Coal to diesel for USA
Coal to diesel could be a big thing for USA
Shell, Anglo American delay clean-coal plan
Shell and Anglo American will shelve development of an Australian-based clean-coal-to-liquids project worth $5 billion. The high price of capital and increased construction costs were the main reasons behind the mining and energy giants' move. The technology used for the Monash project also allowed a concentrated stream of CO2 to be separated from the fuel transported to injection wells in deep underground geological formations for secure storage. - Read More
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Coal to Oil and SASOL
Coal liquefaction (CTL, or “clean coal”) ) too, is unproven. Its champion, SASOL of South Africa, ran a USD 12-18 billion project in Northwest China... But none of the projects thus far have produced any results. IEM, a California cleantech outfit with 45 years of experience, says that South Africa successfully concealed its major oil imports during the 1980s apartheid embargo, making it seem as if SASOL had a highly successful operation. - Read More
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