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To: Tommaso who wrote (93414)	11/12/2007 2:00:02 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 206113

I have no idea on current activities in methane to gasoline. The Mobil synthetic petrol plant did that, going through a methanol intermediary step. Incidentally, the Mobil synthetic gasoline had some excellent high octane components and it was overall high octane good stuff. So that adds value to it. I used to be in charge of the testing for quality control purposes [BP Oil had a contract with them to do the testing as part of my turning the laboratory into a profit centre instead of just a sleepy cost centre operations department]. Mqurice

To: Tommaso who wrote (93414)	11/12/2007 5:26:12 PM
From: Dennis Roth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206113

>> Any talk lately of methane/gasoline conversion? << Haven't heard much about methane-to-gasoline but methane to diesel oil and naptha is moving right along. In Qatar the Oryx GTL (gas-to-liquids) plant has started up and making a slow and painful ramp-up. siliconinvestor.com Shell has launched a monster gas-to-liquids scheme in Qatar called Pearl. Message 22661997 Chevron's Escravos GTL project in Nigeria is under construction and making progress. Message 22168799 Sasol-Chevron are doing a feasibility study on a gas-to-liquids facility on Australia's northwest coast. Message 23883041