The market value of products produced by CTL processes is expected to increase from $2.6 billion in 2012 to $4 billion in 2017, a CAGR of 9%.

1. Gas-to-Liquids Processes for Chemicals and Energy Production
Worldwide, natural gas reserves far exceed oil reserves. Indeed, at current consumption
rates, the earth has about a 45-year supply of oil, compared with a nearly 1,000-year
supply of natural gas. In many locales, though, natural gas is ―stranded‖ and thus suppliers
have limited markets. A key objective of gas suppliers is the development of processing
and conversion technologies, such as gas to liquids, that would enable entry to the
multitrillion-dollar market for chemicals and liquid fuels.
The gas-to-liquids (GTL) business is involved in the chemical conversion of stranded natural
gas feedstocks to liquid products such as transportation fuels and chemicals. Insofar as
beneficial processing of the world’s huge resource base of stranded natural gas is
concerned, GTL processing is a relatively recent research and development (R&D) focus of
the petrochemical industry. Development of commercial-scale GTL plants, utilizing stranded
natural gas, is a relatively recent development, too. Hence, the need for this BCC Research
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Liquid GTL products are primarily transportation fuels (and are defined as synthetic fuels, or
synthetic fuels) and chemical feedstocks such as methanol, hydrogen, and other
petrochemicals. As the terms are presently used in the petrochemical industry, ―GTL‖ and
―GTL products‖ refer mainly to the output of plants (or refineries) that utilize stranded
natural gas as feedstock. For that reason, conventional production of chemicals, including
high-volume methanol, typically via steam methane reforming (SMR) of nonstranded
natural gas, is not a principal focus of this report.
This report is divided into seven sections, assesses and evaluates the demand and costs of
GTL in the chemical and energy production markets. It begins with an overview that
describes the importance of the GTL industry in relation to the overall U.S. economy,
including a brief history and important indications for the GTL industry. Major products and
applications are reviewed, and key findings from the study are presented.
Major points covered in Table of Contents of this report include:
Chapter- 1: INTRODUCTION
Chapter- 2: SUMMARY
Chapter- 3: OVERVIEW
Chapter- 4: INDUSTRY STRUCTURE AND COMPETITIVE DEVELOPMENTS

2. Chapter- 5: GTL PRODUCT DEMAND FORECASTS
Chapter- 6: REGULATORY DRIVERS—THE MACRO ENVIRONMENT
Chapter- 7: RECENT SIGNIFICANT PATENT ACTIVITY
List of Tables
List of Figures
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