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29-01-2008 News
from ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (EMRE) announced recently that
Methanol to Gasoline (MTG) technology for converting methanol to gasoline has
been selected by DKRW Advanced Fuels (DKRW) as part of DKRW¡¯s coal
to liquids (CTL) project. MTG converts crude methanol directly to low sulfur,
low benzene gasoline that can be sold directly or blended with conventional refinery
gasoline. Although the original application of the MTG technology processed methanol
from natural gas, the same technology can be used for methanol from other sources
such as coal, petcoke or biomass. The Medicine Bow project will gasify the coal,
convert the synthetic gas to methanol, and then convert the methanol to gasoline
via the MTG process. Conversion of coal to gasoline through gasification and methanol
conversion is one way to significantly reduce the potential pollutants from coal,
including the reduction of SOx emissions and the capture of CO2. ExxonMobil
Research and Engineering Company is the research and engineering arm of Exxon
Mobil Corporation, a leading global oil, natural gas, and petrochemicals company
whose subsidiaries have operations in nearly 200 countries and territories.
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