The Development and Application of GTL Technology in Russia

Abstract

The experience of commercial operation of synthetic hydrocarbon technology in Russia at Novocherkassk Plant of Synthetic Products (NPSP) in Novocherkassk, Rostov region, is integrated in the paper. More than 200 items of marketable general-purpose products have been manufactured at NPSP. Information on the production of syngas from natural gas, synthesis of hydrocarbons, and catalysts for the process is reported.