Low Temperature Gas To Liquid Conversion 2
Application II - Stop Flaring Natural Gas!
Associated Gas a Critical Issue for Deepwater Production

There are several options for dealing with associated gas:
1) Flare Gas
    Increase CO2 emissions
    Contribute to global warming
    Lose potentially valuable resource
2) Oil/Gas Multiphase Flow Line (Difficult to Implement)
3) Pump Gas Back into Reservoir (Expensive)
4) Convert Gas to Liquid
Highlights of Recent Progress

• Using Ionic liquid as a medium, we have developed a catalyst system that gives the highest conversion of methane to methanol ever reported

• Improved water tolerance over previous catalyst system (Periana et al., 1998, Science)

• Filled a broad patent application to cover all applications of this technology
Conclusions

• Skid-mounted technology for Gas to Liquid Conversion is extremely important for the petroleum industry

• A new single-step, low temperature process is being developed

• The use of ionic liquids has significantly improved the effeciency of current catalyst