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Article: NEW JOINT-VENTURE GTL DEMO PLANT AIMS TO TEACH KEY LESSONS ON OPERATIONS, SCALE-UP

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October 1, 2003
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Syntroleum, Marathon and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) aim to learn many key operational and future commercialization lessons from a new $52 million gas-to-liquids (GTL) demonstration plant at Port of Catoosa, Okla., near Tulsa.

The 70 barrels/day plant, formally dedicated this month, will allow its operators to learn everything from plant start-up to optimization to scale-up issues, helping push forward GTL commercialization around the world.

For Marathon, it's a chance to get real-world operating experience on a complete GTL plant. Such experience will come in handy for future GTL commercial ventures, such as Marathon's proposed 120,000 b/d GTL plant being discussed with Qatar. ...

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