GENERAL
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
ISAB Energy and Sarlux IGCC Projects Started Up In 2000 ....1-1
API Energia Tar Gasification Plant Started Up In 2000 ....1-2
Demkolec Project Tests Biomass Feedstock ....1-3
CORPORATIONS
Emery Recycling Corporation Wants to Scale Up Whole-Tire-Feed Gasifier ....1-4
Shell Expanding its Investments In Fuel Cells and Renewables ....1-6
GOVERNMENT
DOE Will Boost Fuel Cell Program ....1-8
DOE Outlines Strategies for Syngas Research and Commercialization ....1-8
Energy Department Announces National Bioenergy Center ....1-11
ENERGY POLICY & FORECASTS
EIA Annual Energy Outlook 2001 Forecasts Higher Energy Use ....1-11
Governors’ Group Urges Federal Leaders to Adopt Tax Incentives and a National Energy Policy ....1-14
ECONOMICS
Feasibility Study Shows DME Competitive With Conventional Fuels ....1-15
BGL Gasification of Low-Cost Fuels Competitive With Natural Gas Combined Cycle ....1-19
Petcoke Gasification at U.S. Refineries Shows Promise ....1-21
Computer Model Assesses Cost of Biomass, Waste Fuel ....1-24
DOE Early Entrance Coproduction Project Picks Refinery as Basis ....1-25
TECHNOLOGY
Catalytic Biomass Pyrolysis In CFB Demonstrated ....1-29
Steam Reforming of DME to Feed Fuel Cell Seems Feasible ....1-31
Synthesis Gas Converted to Ethanol Via Fermentation ....1-32
Lurgi Develops Multipurpose Gasification Process ....1-35
Wood Gasifier Tar Eliminated By Charcoal Bed ....1-37
Acetylene Could Be Synthetic Fuel for Transportation ....1-39
Shell Gasifier Finds Applications With Solid, Liquid and Gaseous Feedstocks ....1-40
Fluidized-Bed Cogasification of Wood and Low-Quality Coal Looks Good In Pilot Tests ....1-40
Gasification of Municipal Solid Waste Tested In High-Temperature Winkler ....1-44
Co-Pyrolysis of Turkish Oil Shale and Lignite Yields Synergy ....1-48
Gasification of Residue Will Provide Hydrogen for Refining Industry In India ....1-49
COMING EVENTS ....1-52
OIL SHALE
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
Stuart Stage 1 Moving Into Operational Phase ....2-1
American Soda Mining Nahcolite In Piceance Creek Basin Oil Shale Deposit ....2-2
Shell Continues Pilot Test of In Situ Recovery Method ....2-3
Suncor Writes Down Assets at Stuart Project ....2-4
CORPORATIONS
SPP/CPM Raises $31.6 Million In New Stock Offering ....2-4
SPP/CPM Respond to Suncor’s Announced Write-Down ....2-5
Cleveland-Cliffs Wins Oil Shale Claims ....2-6
Marathon Sells Its Oil Shale Mineral Rights to Coastal ....2-6
Suncor Energy Defers Negotiations With Estonian Government ....2-7
TECHNOLOGY
Process Outlined for Turkish Oil Shales ....2-7
Co-Pyrolysis With Plastic Increases Decomposition Rate of Oil Shale ....2-10
Jordanian Oil Shale Shows Gasification Potential ....2-11
RESOURCE
Egyptian Oil Shales Characterized ....2-12
STATUS OF OIL SHALE PROJECTS ....2-15
COMPLETED AND SUSPENDED PROJECTS ....2-29
INDEX OF COMPANY INTERESTS ....2-31
OIL SANDS
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
Syncrude’s Aurora Mine Leads Off New ERA In Energy Production ....3-1
Sincor Project Begins Production In Venezuela ....3-1
CNRL Starts Drilling for Major Oil Sands Project at Mic Mac ....3-2
Japan Canada Oil Sands to Increase Production at Hangingstone ....3-2
OPTI Proposes SAGD Project at Gregoire Lake ....3-2
Petro-Canada Begins MacKay River Project Construction ....3-3
Solv-Ex Runs Out of Money; Suspends All R&D ....3-3
PanCanadian Breaks Ground for Christina Lake Heavy Oil Project ....3-7
AEC Begins Foster Creek Project, Expands Cold Lake Pipeline ....3-7
Synco Energy Lines Up Funding for Sunnyside Project ....3-8
CORPORATIONS
Shell Canada Announces $4.2-Billion Investment Plan ....3-8
PDVSA-Bitor Develops Improved Orimulsion Formula ....3-9
Koch Sets Up TrueNorth Energy to Manage Fort Hills Project ....3-11
GOVERNMENT
Alberta EUB Maps Oil Sands Development to 2035 ....3-11
ECONOMICS
Alberta In Situ Bitumen Projects Hit $5B--Problems Seen ....3-16
Alberta Oil Sands Capital Expenditure to Peak In 2001 ....3-18
Economic Outlook for Heavy Oil Producers May Be Deteriorating ....3-18
TECHNOLOGY
Underground Mining With TBM Proposed for Oil Sands ....3-22
CPJ Process Offers On-Site Upgrading of Heavy Oil ....3-24
STATUS OF OIL SANDS PROJECTS ....3-27
COMPLETED AND SUSPENDED PROJECTS ....3-41
INDEX OF COMPANY INTERESTS ....3-46
COAL
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
Carbon Dioxide From Great Plains Plant Flowing Into Canada ....4-1
Eagle Project Gasification Pilot Plant Under Construction In Japan ....4-3
Sierra Pacific Agrees to Sell Piñon Pine Power Station to WPS Power Development ....4-5
Noell Gasifier Will Convert High-Nitrogen Organic Wastes at Seal Sands, UK ....4-5
Tampa Electric IGCC Project Updated ....4-7
Western SynCoal Finds New Customer and Gets New Owner ....4-10
Waste Management Leads Pennsylvania Anthracite Gasification Project ....4-11
Motiva Delaware City Refinery Repowering Project Started Up ....4-12
Liquid Phase Methanol Demonstration Keeps Chugging Along ....4-13
Global Energy Describes the Kentucky Pioneer Energy Project ....4-14
SGII Signs Agreement to Sell ENCOAL Cresylic Acids to Merisol ....4-17
HTW Fluid-Bed Gasifier to Power 400-MW Czech IGCC Project ....4-17
Environmental Impact Statement Still Pending for CPICOR ....4-18
CORPORATIONS
Sasol Finds Increased Efficiency Sets the Path to Higher Profits ....4-18
EPRI Launches Global Initiative to Generate Clean Coal Power ....4-21
Dakota Gasification Making Record Profits ....4-22
GOVERNMENT
DTI Sponsoring UCG Demonstration in the UK ....4-22
Congress Enacts New Powerplant Improvement Initiative ....4-23
ENERGY POLICY & FORECASTS
DOE Estimates Near-Term U.S. Market Potential for Over 300 IGCC Trains ....4-24
ECONOMICS
550-MW Single-Train IGCC Will Reduce Costs ....4-25
ARCH Hydrogasification Process is Economical at World Oil Price of $30 per Barrel ....4-28
TECHNOLOGY
First Results Revealed for 100-TPD Flash Pyrolysis Pilot Plant ....4-31
Closed-Coupled Gasification Microgeneration Could Power Coal Mines ....4-33
Correlation Developed for Predicting Slag Viscosity In Entrained-Flow Gasifiers ....4-35
Sasol Optimization Study Shows Gasifier Capacity Could Be Increased By 50 Percent ....4-36
IGCC Optimization Study to Be Based On Wabash River Project ....4-39
GE Gas Turbine Advances Enhance IGCC Viability ....4-42
Carbon Products Consortium Reports Progress ....4-47
INTERNATIONAL
DTI/Mitsui Babcock Studying Air-Blown Gasification Cycle for China ....4-49
U-Gas Process Termed Suitable for Ammonia Production In China ....4-50
STATUS OF COAL PROJECTS ....4-54
COMPLETED AND SUSPENDED PROJECTS ....4-80
INDEX OF COMPANY INTERESTS ....4-95
NATURAL GAS
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
Gas-To-Liquids Plant to Be Built In Trinidad ....5-1
Gas-To-Liquids Plant Set for Escravos Project In Nigeria ....5-1
GTL Projects Blossoming Around the World ....5-1
CORPORATIONS
Rentech Reports 75 Percent Jump In Revenue for FY 2000 ....5-2
Chevron, Sasol Finalize Global GTL Alliance, to Invest $5 Billion ....5-4
Shell Jumps Into Lead With Announced GTL Plant In Egypt; Could Spend $6 Billion ....5-6
ENERGY POLICY & FORECASTS
Gas-To-Liquids and Methane Hydrates Predicted In Top Ten Innovations for 2010 ....5-7
U.S. Natural Gas Prices Projected to Drop In Near-Term Future ....5-8
TECHNOLOGY
New Gas-To-Liquids Process Developed In Japan ....5-9
Hydrogen Produced By the Direct Cracking of Methane ....5-10
RESOURCE
Researchers Identify Differences In Gas Hydrate Resources ....5-11
Forest Oil Finds Major Gas Field Off South Africa--GTL Mooted ...5-12
STATUS OF NATURAL GAS PROJECTS ....5-13
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