GTL to benefit from lower natural gas prices.

摘要

While only a handful of commercial-scale gas-to-liquids (GTL) facilities are currendy in operation worldwide, areas with vast quantities of cheap natural gas such a North America, with its ongoing shale boom, along with places like Australia, Qatar, and Russia are prime candidates for the introduction of new GTL plant construction. According to an estimate from the president of Strategic Energy & Economic Research Inc., GTL complexes will be competitive at gas prices of up to $6/MM cf should the price of Brent crude be higher than $100/bbl, as it would cost a GTL plant $98/bbl to produce fuel at a gas price of $6/MM cf assuming a plant efficiency of 75%; should that plant efficiency increase to 80% or 85%, GTL production costs would decline to $95/bbl and $92.35/bbl, respectively.