Is GTL ready to compete with LNG as a mainstream gas monetisation option?

摘要

The question of whether GTL can compete with LNG as a gas monetisation option has been much debated. During the first half of the last decade, when numerous new GTL projects were being proposed, most of them in Qatar, it did seem as though GTL's time had come. The North Field moratorium and the problems encountered by Oryx and Escravos made it clear it had not. Today, however, following the apparent success of Pearl, the issue is once again being debated.