NEXANT FORECASTS EVOLVING DIVERSITY IN BIOFUEL FEEDSTOCKS.
A newly published study by Nexant, Inc. "Liquid Biofuels: Substituting for Petroleum" looks at current, emerging, and potential future technologies to produce biogasoline and biodiesel, considering all key elements of the value chain, including agricultural, logistical, and processing. Emphasizing technoeconomic modeling, it details development trends around the world and...

SYNTROLEUM TO BUILD BARGE-MOUNTED GAS-TO-LIQUIDS PLANTS.
Syntroleum Corporation (NASDAQ:SYNM), Tulsa, Okla., owner of a proprietary air-blown gas-to-liquids (GTL) process for converting discovered stranded gas reserves to clean fuels, plans to commercialize a small barge-mounted GTL plant (GTL Barge). The GTL Barge is designed to develop offshore natural gas assets in the 1-3 TCF...

SYNTROLEUM INITIATES TESTING WITH COAL-DERIVED SYNTHESIS GAS.
Syntroleum Corporation, Tulsa, Okla., (Nasdaq:SYNM) has signed an agreement to conduct laboratory-scale demonstration of Syntroleum's Fischer-Tropsch (FT) catalyst with coal-derived syngas produced at an established gasification facility. During the last two years at Syntroleum's 70 barrel per day gas-to-liquids (GTL) facility at the Port of Catoosa near...

SYNTROLEUM GETS $2 MILLION DOD AWARD FOR SBF PILOT PLANT.
Syntroleum Corporation (NASDAQ:SYNM), Tulsa, Okla., has announced that Congress has appropriated $2.0 million for Phase II development of Syntroleum's proposed Flexible JP-8 single battlefield fuel (SBF) Pilot Plant Program. The amount was approved for advanced concept technology development under fiscal year 2004 U.S. Department of Defense appropriations legislation, which...

Transatlantic Signs for $40-45 Million Capital Infusion.
TransAtlantic Petroleum Corp. (TSE: TNP .U) , Calgary, Alberta, has entered into a letter of intent providing for, subject to a number of conditions, a capital infusion of US$40-45 million, the acquisition of six new oil and gas exploration and production projects and access to a license for a...

GM Providing Vehicles for Clarkson University Study on Biofuel.
ENERGY RESOURCE-28 November 2006-GM Providing Vehicles for Clarkson University Study on Biofuel(C)2006 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com GS AgriFuels Corporation today announced that General Motors is providing a Chevrolet Silverado and a GC Sierra pickup truck to Clarkson University for renewable fuel research. The goal of the project is...

GE GAS TURBINE TECHNOLOGY SELECTED FOR PEARL GTL IN QATAR.
GE's Oil & Gas business will supply six PG6581B (Frame 6B) gas turbines, equipped with dual fuel IGCC (integrated gasification combined-cycle) type combustion systems, to Qatar Shell GTL Ltd. for the Pearl GTL (gas-to-liquids) project in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar. In addition to the 42-megawatt gas...

Qatar's ORYX GTL comes on stream; Qatar has pioneered gas-to-liquid hydrocarbon exploitation in the Middle East region, and the first stage of its ORYX plant at Ras Laffan will shortly become operational.
WITH THE IMMINENT START of gas-to-liquid (GTL) operations at Qatar's ORYX plant at Ras Laffan industrial city, as soon as the required commissioning and validation process is completed, Qatar Petroleum (QP) and its South African-US partner, Sasol-Chevron (S-C), will have completed the first phase of one of the Middle...

Foster Wheeler's Finnish Subsidiary Awarded Contract for Biofuels Project.
ENERGY RESOURCE-12 May 2008-Foster Wheeler's Finnish Subsidiary Awarded Contract for Biofuels Project(C)2008 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Foster Wheeler Ltd. today announced that its Finnish subsidiary, Foster Wheeler Energia Oy, part of its Global Power Group, has been awarded a contract by NSE Biofuels Oy Ltd. for a circulating...

Franklin Mining, Synfuels Sign Agreement Covering Gas-to-Liquids Plant in Argentina.
ENERGY RESOURCE-11 July 2008-Franklin Mining, Synfuels Sign Agreement Covering Gas-to-Liquids Plant in Argentina(C)2008 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Franklin Mining Inc. has signed a letter of agreement with Synfuels International Inc., of Dallas, Texas, addressing the environment and steps to be taken prior to finalizing the design of a...