‘The Global Gas to Liquids Market to be Worth $5.75bn in 2011′ Says visiongain Consulting

LONDON, November 3, 2011 -

www.visiongain.com/Report/709/The-Gas-to-Liquids-Market-2011-2021

A combination of high oil prices, oversupply of natural gas, increasing global energy demands, and improving extraction technologies is creating a renewed interest in the gas to liquids market. Over the forecast period there is likely to be strong growth in the gas to liquids market as a number of countries look to utilise their natural gas resources by establishing or expanding their gas to liquids industries. Visiongain’s The Gas to Liquids Market 2011-2021 report calculates the global gas to liquids market, defined as spending on new infrastructure, the upgrading of existing gas to liquids facilities, plus spending on R&D, to be worth $5.75bn in 2011.

The report quantifies the market in terms of global size and breaks the market down into 7 regions which includes the 13 leading national gas to liquids markets. Forecasts and analysis are provided for each market over the 2011-2021 period. The report also examines the major drivers and restraints influencing the market over the next decade and explains the major technologies within the market, analysing which nations will drive investment into the gas to liquids market.

Though the industry will be faced with the restraints of proving the effectiveness of new technologies to potential investors, overcoming investment concerns, and confronting a weak global economy, the gas to liquids market is likely to provide substantial opportunities for potential investors. This report offers an in-depth analysis of the opportunities and challenges facing companies in the global gas to liquids market.

The report also describes the most important technological changes within the gas to liquids industry and assesses their importance for the growth of the market over the long-term. The various drivers and restraints of the market are evaluated in order to provide readers with specific insights into the future direction of the gas to liquids market.

Visiongain’s The Gas to Liquids Market 2011-2021 report details the prospects for this dynamic energy sector with detailed forecasts from 2011-2021. The report includes 141 tables, charts and graphs quantifying, analysing and forecasting the market in detail, and providing quantitative and qualitative information on the 7 regional markets and 13 leading national markets. In addition, the report offers profiles of 38 of the leading companies involved in the gas to liquids business. Furthermore, the analysis has been informed by extensive consultation with industry experts. Two full transcripts of interviews with leading companies are included from Syntroleum Corporation and Velocys Inc. The report will be valuable to those already involved in the gas to liquids market or to those wishing to enter this important market in the future.

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Table of Contents

1. Executive Summary
1.1 The Gas to Liquids Market Overview
1.2 Drivers and Restraints in the Gas to Liquids Market
1.2.1 Drivers in the Gas to Liquids Market
1.2.2 Restraints in the Gas to Liquids Market
1.3 Highlights of the Report
1.4 Benefits of the Report
1.5 Methodology
1.6 The Global Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2011-2021
1.7 Leading Regional and National Gas to Liquids Markets Forecast 2011-2021

2. Introduction To The Gas To Liquids Market
2.1 Natural Gas Markets Outlook 2011
2.2 The Gas to Liquids Market Overview
2.3 A Brief History of the Gas to Liquids Market
2.4 Gas to Liquids Technologies
2.4.1 Fischer-Tropsch Process
2.4.2 Synthesis Gas
2.4.3 ExxonMobil Process
2.4.4 Rentech Process
2.4.5 Sasol Process
2.4.6 Shell Process
2.4.7 Statoil Process
2.4.8 Syntroleum Process
2.4.9 Other Notable GTL Processes
2.5 Gas to Liquids Products
2.5.1 GTL Naphtha
2.5.2 Middle Distillates
2.5.3 Base Oils

3. The Global Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2011-2021
3.1 Drivers & Restraints of the Gas to Liquids Market
3.2 Drivers
3.2.1 Oil & Gas Price Spread
3.2.2 Ready for Market Petroleum Products
3.2.3 Growing Demand for Clean Energy
3.2.4 Environmental Regulation
3.2.5 Need to Monetise Stranded and Flared Gas
3.2.6 Energy Security
3.3 Restraints
3.3.1 Obtaining Financing for GTL Projects
3.3.2 Challenges in Size and Availability of Natural Gas
3.3.3 Proving the Viability of GTL Technology
3.3.4 The Long Term Price of Natural Gas

4. The Regional & National Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2011-2021
4.1 The Middle East Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2011-2021
4.1.1 The Qatari Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2011-2021
4.1.2 The Iranian Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2011-2021
4.2 The African Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2011-2021
4.2.1 The South African Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2011-2021
4.2.2 The Nigerian Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2011-2021
4.3 The Asia-Pacific Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2011-2021
4.3.1 The Malaysian Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2011-2021
4.3.2 The Australian Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2011-2021
4.3.3 The Japanese Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2011-2021
4.4 The North American Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2011-2021
4.4.1 The US Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2011-2021
4.4.2 The Canadian Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2011-2021
4.5 The Latin American Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2011-2021
4.5.1 The Trinidad & Tobago Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2011-2021
4.5.2 The Brazilian Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2011-2021
4.6 The CIS Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2011-2021
4.6.1 The Uzbekistan Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2011-2021
4.6.2 The Russian Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2011-2021
4.7 The European Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2011-2021
4.8 The National Gas to Liquids Market Forecast Comparison

5. SWOT Analysis of the Gas to Liquids Market 2011-2021
5.1 Strengths
5.1.1 Oil-Gas Price Spread
5.1.2 Rising Petroleum Demand
5.1.3 Ready for Market Petroleum Products
5.2 Weaknesses
5.2.1 High Capital Costs
5.2.2 Operational Sustainability
5.2.3 Air Separation Unit (ASU)
5.2.4 Technical Challenges
5.3 Opportunities
5.3.1 Environmental Concerns
5.3.2 Government Regulations
5.3.3 Monetisation of Stranded and Flared Gas
5.3.4 Declining Oilfield Production
5.3.5 National Security
5.4 Threats
5.4.1 Gas Price Rise
5.4.2 Weak Economic Growth in OECD
5.4.3 Political Risk

6. Expert Opinion
6.1 Syntroleum Corporation
6.1.1 Syntroleum Corporation Technology & Products
6.1.2 Syntroleum Demonstration Plants
6.1.3 Syntroleum’s Competitors
6.1.4 Size of the GTL Market
6.1.5 Drivers of the Gas to Liquids Industry
6.1.6 Growth Regions for Gas to Liquids Industry
6.1.7 The Most Suitable Location for GTL Plants
6.1.8 Capital Expenditure Required for Gas to Liquids Plant
6.1.9 The Constraints to Growth for Syntroleum and the GTL Industry
6.1.10 Project Financing Remains an Obstacle
6.1.11 The Crash in the GTL Market in 2001
6.1.12 Market Price of GTL Products
6.2 Velocys Inc.
6.2.1 Velocys Inc. & Oxford Catalyst
6.2.2 Oxford Catalyst’s Organic Matrix Combustion (OMX)
6.2.3 OMX Simplified
6.2.4 Microchannel GTL Technology
6.2.5 Demonstration Plants in Operation
6.2.6 Offshore GTL Facility on a Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Vessel
6.2.7 Velocys Main Competitors
6.2.8 Typical Cost of a GTL Facility
6.2.9 Cost of Velocys Microchannel Reactors
6.2.10 Operational Costs of Velocys GTL Facility
6.2.11 Who Uses GTL Technology
6.2.12 Drivers of the Gas to Liquids Industry
6.2.13 Constraints to Growth for the GTL Industry
6.2.14 Constraints to Growth for Velocys
6.2.15 Growth Markets for GTL
6.2.16 GTL Market Potential

7. Leading Companies in the Gas to Liquids Market
7.1 The Two Market Leaders
7.1.1 Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell)
7.1.2 Sasol Limited
7.1.2.1 Sasol Chevron
7.1.2.2 Sasol Synfuels International (SSI)
7.2 Major Companies in the Gas to Liquids Market
7.2.1 BP plc
7.2.2 Central Petroleum Ltd
7.2.3 Chevron Corporation
7.2.4 ConocoPhillips Corporation
7.2.5 Eni S.P.A
7.2.6 ExxonMobil Corporation
7.2.7 General Electric Company (GE)
7.2.8 GTL Resources plc
7.2.9 Ivanhoe Energy Canada Inc.
7.2.10 Linc Energy
7.2.11 Marathon Oil Corporation (Marathon)
7.2.12 Narkangan Gas to Liquid International Company (Narkangan)
7.2.13 PetroSA Pty Ltd
7.2.14 Statoil ASA
7.2.15 World GTL, Inc
7.3 Gas to Liquids Technology Licensors and Promoters
7.3.1 Davy Process Technology Ltd
7.3.2 GTL.F1
7.3.3 Rentech, Inc. (Rentech)
7.3.4 Syntroleum Corporation
7.4 Small Scale Gas to Liquids Developers
7.4.1 1st Resource Group, Inc.
7.4.2 CompactGTL plc
7.4.3 Oxford Catalysts Group plc
7.4.4 Velocys, Inc
7.5 State Owned Companies Involved in the Gas to Liquids Market
7.5.1 Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC)
7.5.2 Nippon GTL Technology Research Association (Nippon-GTL)
7.5.3 Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas)
7.5.4 Petroleum Company of Trinidad & Tobago Limited (Petrotrin)
7.5.5 Qatar Petroleum
7.5.6 Uzbekneftegaz National Holding Company (Uzbekneftegaz)
7.6 Engineering Companies Involved in GTL
7.6.1 Chiyoda Corporation
7.6.2 Emerging Fuels Technology, Inc.
7.6.3 Lurgi PSI Inc.
7.6.4 Toyo Engineering Corporation
7.6.5 Zeton Inc

8. Conclusions
8.1 Concluding Observations on the Gas to Liquids Market 2011-2021
8.2 High Growth Regional Gas to Liquids Markets
8.3 Medium Growth Regional Gas to Liquids Markets
8.4 Low Growth Regional Gas to Liquids Markets
8.5 Observations on the Oil & Gas Outlook

Companies Listed

1st Resource Group Inc
Air Liquide Group
Alaska Natural Gas to Liquids (ANGTL)
Australia Power Energy
Axens
Bayer Technology Services GmbH
Beach Energy
BP plc
Central Petroleum Ltd
Chevron Australia
Chevron Corporation
Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL)
ChevronTexaco
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation Limited (Sinopec)
China United International Petroleum & Chemicals Co. Ltd
Chiyoda Corporation
CompactGTL plc
ConocoPhillips Corporation
Cosmo Oil
Davy Process Technology Ltd
Drake Synergy Petroleum Ltd
Dynamic Fuels
Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC)
Egyptian National Gas Holding Company (ENGHC)
Emerging Fuels Technology, Inc
Engelhard
Eni S.P.A
EniTecnologie
ExxonMobil Corporation
Forest Oil
Foster Wheeler
Gazprom
Gazprom Neft
Gazprom VNIIGAZ
GE Oil & Gas
General Electric Company (GE)
GTL Bolivia
GTL Resources plc
GTL.F1
INPEX Corporation
Ivanhoe Energy Canada Inc.
Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp (JOGMEC)
Japan Petroleum Exploration (JAPEX)
Johnson Matthey
Korea National Oil Company (KNOC)
Linc Energy
Lurgi PSI Inc
Marathon Oil Corporation (Marathon)
Mitsubishi Group
Mitsubishi Oil
Mitsui Ocean Development & Engineering Company (MODEC) Inc
Naftec
Narkangan Gas to Liquid International Company (Narkangan GTL)
National Petrochemical Company (NPC) Iran
Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC)
Nippon GTL Technology Research Association (Nippon-GTL)
Nippon Oil
Nippon Steel Engineering
Oryx GTL Limited
Oxford Catalysts
Oxford Catalysts Group PLC
Perusahaan Pertambangan Minyak dan Gas Bumi Negara, lit. ‘State Oil and Natural Gas Mining Company (Pertamina)
Petro-Canada
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras)
Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A (PDVSA)
Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex)
Petroleum Company of Trinidad & Tobago Limited (Petrotrin)
Petroleum Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (PetroSA) Pty Ltd
Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas)
Qatar Airways
Qatar International Petroleum Marketing Company Ltd (Tasweeq)
Qatar Petroleum (QP)
Rentech Energy Midwest Corporation (REMC)
Rentech, Inc. (Rentech)
Repsol YPF
Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell)
Sasol Chevron
Sasol Limited
Sasol Synfuels International (SSI) Pty Limited
SGC Energia
Shell Argentina
Shell Australia
Shell Indonesia
Shell Iran
Shell Malaysia
Shenua Ningxia Coal Industry Group
Sinopec Group
Société Nationale pour la Recherche, la Production, le Transport, la Transformation, et la Commercialisation des Hydrocarbures s.p.a (Sonatrach)
South African Airways
Statoil ASA
Sumitomo Precision Products Co
Syntroleum Corporation
Syntroleum Peru
Talisman Energy Inc.
Tata Group
Toyo Engineering Corporation
Trinidad & Tobago Oil Company Limited (Trintoc)
Trinidad & Tobago Petroleum Company Limited (Trintopec)
Tyson Foods Inc
UMED Holdings Inc
Uzbekneftegaz National Holding Company (Uzbekneftegaz)
Velocys Inc
World GTL Inc
World GTL Trinidad Limited (WGTL-TL)
Yakut Energy Ltd
Zeton Inc

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Notes for Editors

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