Behind the U.S.(27%)and Russia(17%),China has the third-largest global coal reserves(13%),with much of the fossil fuel already used to feed the country's exploding energy needs.Increasingly however,China is exploring liquefaction of the hydrocarbon for the creation of chemicals.In late 2007,the country completed its first coal-to-liquids(CTL)plant in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.Built by Shenhua Coal Liquefaction Corp.,that facility will have an initial capacity of 20,000 barrels per day,with the tentative goal being to boost capacity to 100,000 bbl/day by 2010.
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