GENERAL
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
BGL Gasifier to Be Installed at Schwarze Pumpe for Waste Gasification ....1
CORPORATIONS
Molten Metal Reports Loss ....3
GOVERNMENT
New Panel to Examine U.S. Energy R&D Strategy ....4
ENERGY POLICY AND FORECASTS
Mitretek Foresees Large Demand for Non-Petroleum Transportation Fuels ....5
World Oil Production Could Peak By 2000 ....7
EIA's International Energy Outlook Sees Steady Growth in World Energy Consumption ....10
USEA Asks for End to Global Energy Complacency ....13
TECHNOLOGY
CFB Gasification Proving Itself On Biomass and Waste Feedstocks ....14
INTERNATIONAL
IGU Reports On Gas Production From Oil Shales, Tar Sands and Peat ....16
Wood-Fueled IGCC Demonstration Plant Running in Sweden ....17
ENVIRONMENT
CO2 Capture May Be Competitive With Other Methods for Greenhouse Gas Reduction ....20
Magnesite Ore Proposed for Large-Scale Disposal of Carbon Dioxide ....22
COMING EVENTS ....25
OIL SHALE
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
Suncor and SPP/CPM Have Financing In Place for Stuart Project ....28
GOVERNMENT
DOE Backs Away From Sale of Naval Oil Shale Reserve ....30
TECHNOLOGY
Japanese Research Improves Hydrorefining of Shale Oil ....33
Laboratory Tests Yield Fullerenes From Oil Shales ....34
INTERNATIONAL
Cement Made From Russian Oil Shale Wastes ....34
OIL SANDS
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
Suncor Achieves Record Production--Will Change Name ....35
Blackrock Ventures Begins Work On Cold Lake In Situ Recovery Project ....36
Imperial Oil Moves to Expand Cold Lake ....37
Suncor Ships Oil Sands Coke to Japan ....37
Shell Canada Introduces New Technologies at Peace River ....37
CS Resources Inaugurates Operations at Senlac Project ....38
Suncor's Burnt Lake Project Comes Onstream ....39
Fountain Oil to Test Electrical Stimulation at Sylvan Lake ....39
CORPORATIONS
AEC Accelerates Primrose Range Development ....39
GOVERNMENT
Florida Cabinet to Rehear Orimulsion Plan ....40
ENERGY POLICY AND FORECASTS
Canadian Syncrude Projected to Almost Double Output in Next 10 Years ....40
ECONOMICS
Suncor Expects to Reduce Cash Operating Costs to $3 per Barrel for Bitumen ....41
TECHNOLOGY
Use of Oxygen Can Enhance Gravity Drainage in Heavy Oil Reservoirs ....43
INTERNATIONAL
Bitor Expects Orimulsion Sales to Reach 21 Million Metric Tons per Year By 2000 ....45
ENVIRONMENT
Environmental Impact of Orimulsion Use in Large Boilers Analyzed ....46
Conversion of Danish Coal-Fired Plant to Orimulsion Reduces CO2 and NOx Emissions ....49
COAL
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
Liquid Phase Methanol Plant Starts Up at 2,000 Barrels per Day ....51
Billion-Dollar CPICOR Project Scheduled for Construction Next Year ....52
Sasol Lets Contracts for Manufacture and Installation of Advanced Synthesis Reactors ....55
New IGCC Powerplant Studied for Yorkshire ....56
K-Fuel Plant Recovers From December Fire ....56
Dakota Gasification Could Triple Byproduct Revenues in 1997 ....57
Sasol Building Octene Production Plants and Expanding Cresol Capacity ....58
CORPORATIONS
SGI and ENCOAL Raising Money for New Projects ....59
World Bank Develops Clean Coal Initiative ....61
Covol Sets Fast Pace in Building New Briquetting Plants ....61
ENERGY POLICY AND FORECASTS
Industry Restructuring Dims U.S. Outlook for Clean Coal Technologies ....62
Bechtel Identifies Barriers to CCT Deployment ....65
TECHNOLOGY
Dimethyl Ether Could Be New Clean Fuel From Coal ....67
Leas Catalytic Gasification Process Claims High Efficiency ....69
Zinc-Based Hot-Gas Scrubber Under Study at Birmingham University ....70
INTERNATIONAL
Development of ARCH Hydrogasification Process Under Way in Japan ....71
HTI and China's Coal Research Institute Working On Liquefaction Plant China ....73
History of Coal Liquefaction in the United Kingdom Recounted ....73
NATURAL GAS
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
DOE/Industry Team Funds Major Project for Ceramic Membrane to Make Syngas ....77
Mossgas Considers Switching Product Slate to Higher Value Chemicals ....78
CORPORATIONS
Sasol and Statoil Form Alliance to Exploit Natural-Gas-To-Liquid Fuels ....78
Syntroleum Signs Agreements for Gas-To-Liquids Technology ....79
Rentech Records Loss for Second Quarter ....81
ENERGY POLICY AND FORECASTS
IGU Sees Potential Gas Supply Sufficient for Over 100 Years ....81
AGA Predicts 34 Percent Increase in U.S. Gas Demand By 2015 ....84
ECONOMICS
Bechtel Study Shows Natural Gas-Based F-T Plant Economical at Low Gas Prices ....86
TECHNOLOGY
Exxon Has 300 Patents On Gas-To-Liquids Technology ....89
INTERNATIONAL
Sasol Discussing Gas Conversion With Qatar ....90
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