Commercialize

Plenty of political wrangling remains before an agreement is struck to commercialize Alaska’s North Slope gas reserves with transport to the Lower 48 (see NGI, Sept. 11). However, getting Alaska gas to Canada and then the United States is something TransCanada Corp. has been thinking about for a long time. And the company has some definite ideas about what it would like its role to be in the effort.

In an effort to commercialize its proprietary technology for converting natural gas to liquids, Conoco said last week that it intends to build a $75 million demonstration plant in Ponca City, OK. The company said the economics of its gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology are often better than those of converting gas to liquefied natural gas (LNG).

In an effort to commercialize its proprietary technology for converting natural gas to liquids, Conoco said on Monday that it intends to build a $75 million demonstration plant in Ponca City, OK. The company said the economics of its gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology are often better than those of converting gas to liquefied natural gas (LNG).