Syngas - Chemical Feedstock of the Future?

Monday, April 27, 2009: 1:35 PM
Ballroom A (Tampa Convention Center)
Chris Turner, Sasol Synfuels International, Houston, TX

Traditional feedstock for light olefins and other basic chemicals are subject to the volatility of oil price. Syngas routes allow the producer to use alternative carbon sources such as coal and stranded natural gas to hedge oil price volatility.

This keynote is a high level overview of syngas as a basic chemical feedstock, the routes available to produce syngas and the challenges and opportunities.


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