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To: James Perry who wrote (1057)	2/23/1998 4:09:00 PM
From: JEFF CHAPMAN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1514

Report is not online, but here's a summary of the issue: sciam.com

To: James Perry who wrote (1057)	2/23/1998 6:29:00 PM
From: aknahow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1514

Sorry can't scan it in. Article is, "Liquid Fuels from Natural Gas The reference to a similar scheme is the conversion of methane to methanol directly using a so-called homogeneous catalyst, a liquid that is thoroughly mixed with the reactants and held at temperatures lower than 100 degrees C. The bottom line is that if successful direct conversion could cut cost of conversion to liquid fuel in half, or make products produced cost less than those refined from crude oil.