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To: Andrew H who wrote (6563)	8/2/1998 7:47:00 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14347

I, too would like to hear a well-presented case for cobalt vs iron catalysts for conversion of natural gas. There was some extensive discussion here a few months ago, but the pro-cobalt folks didn't present anything very convincing. Now we are even hearing that SLHO's process may be dangerous and/or unreliable. Could it be that TX wants RNTK for bottoms as well as extensive research into a competitive iron-based GTL process? This is a great thread for such a discussion, as it appears that final conclusions are still beyond any experts' reach.

To: Andrew H who wrote (6563)	8/3/1998 5:42:00 PM
From: John M	Respond to of 14347

Andrew, I was not referring to Syntroleum - If I were brave enough to short a stock SLHO would be it. Should not have used air instead of oxygen. I am referring to the cobalt plants built by Shell and Exxon. Sasol also has a cobalt catalyst (new), that they will use in Nigeria and Quatar. These are the premier processes for natural gas GTL. None of these processes work for petroleum bottoms (RNTK's niche). I posted some details on the Iron vs Cobalt thing in a previous post. I'll go find it and refer to it in the next post. JM