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Groundbreaking in Turkmenistan for major synthetic gasoline plant; first full-scale Haldor Topsøe TIGAS facility

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In August, a groundbreaking ceremony was held in Ovadan-Depe near the capital of Ashgabad in Turkmenistan to launch the construction of a major plant focused on the conversion of natural gas into synthetic gasoline. and the Turkish contractor Rönesans Turkmen to engineer and construct the facility. —Bjerne S.

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GECF: more than a quarter of 2050 natural gas supply untapped

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Yet-to-find (YTF) resources will contribute to around 30% of the total production of natural gas worldwide by 2050, according to Yury Sentyurin, the Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). Senturin made his remarks during the 25 th Oil & Gas of Turkmenistan Conference.

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Nacero selects Topsoe’s TIGAS technology for gas-to-gasoline unit; reducing lifecycle carbon footprint up to 50%

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Nacero has licensed Topsoe TIGAS (Topsoe Improved Gasoline Synthesis) technology for its multi-billion USD natural-gas-to-gasoline facility in Penwell, Texas to produce 100,000 barrels per day of gasoline component ready for blending into US commercial grades. Nacero selected TIGAS after careful consideration of competing technologies.

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NASA’s New Earth Space Mission maps methane ‘super-emitters’

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But EMIT has demonstrated another capability: detecting the presence of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that is much more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. The cube (left) shows methane plumes (purple, orange, yellow) over Turkmenistan.

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HIF Global partners with Topsoe for eFuels facility in Texas; carbon-neutral gasoline

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The gasoline synthesis from methanol has been commercially proven in a 15000-bpd plant in Turkmenistan since 2019. It will produce 200 million gallons per year of a carbon-neutral gasoline that can be used in today’s cars and gas stations with no modifications required. The HIF eFuels plant will be built in Matagorda County in Texas.

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Petronas, Uzbekneftegaz and Sasol Developing Uzbek Gas-to-Liquids Project

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Malaysia-based Petronas has signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Uzbekistan’s national oil and gas company Uzbekneftegaz (UNG) and Sasol Ltd of South Africa, making further progress on the development and implementation of a proposed Uzbek gas-to-liquids (GTL) project.

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ADB approves $240M to help Kazakhstan modernize transport, improve connectivity

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The road is part of the Trans-Caspian Sea Transit Corridor Baku–Astrakhan–Atyrau–Aktobe–Aktau–Turkmen border, which connects Kazakhstan with Azerbaijan and Europe in the West, with the Russian Federation in the North, and with Turkmenistan in the South.