GENERAL
GOVERNMENT
Up to $100 Million May Be Available for Wood Gasification ....1
ENERGY POLICY & FORECASTS
BP Amoco Describes Future Energy Economy Powered by Natural Gas ....1
EIA Tabulates Shifts in Alternative Fuel Vehicle Population ....2
World Energy Council’s Statement 2000 Sees Continued Need for All Energy Sources ....6
EIA’s International Energy Outlook Sees 60 Percent Increase in World Energy Use by 2020 ....9
Environmental Laws to Drive Huge Change in Electric Power System ....11
BP Amoco Statistical Review of World Energy Updated ....12
ECONOMICS
Combination of Wood Gasification and Fuel Cells Could Find a Niche ....13
TECHNOLOGY
Promising Future for F-T Liquids Via Gasification of Petcoke ....16
Radian Report Supports Exclusion From RCRA for Waste Gasification ....18
First 3D Simulation of Bubble Column Hydrodynamics Paves Way for GTL Conversion ....23
Autothermal Reforming Reduces Syngas Production Cost at Sasol ....24
Research Still Needed On Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts ....26
Inorganic Components Impact Use of Coal and Other Solid Fuels ....27
ENVIRONMENT
Seven Global Energy Companies Announce Joint CO2 Capture Project ....30
Climate Change Seen Forcing Technology Changes ....31
RESOURCE
USGS Global 2000 Assessment Shows Increased Oil Potential ....32
COMING EVENTS ....35
OIL SHALE
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
Stuart Project Completes 6-Day Run in May ....37
CORPORATIONS
SPP/CPM Chairman States Case for Oil Shale ....37
SPP/CPM Managing Director Reviews First Year of Commissioning Effort ....39
TECHNOLOGYM
Microwave Retorting Improves Quality of Oil From Moroccan Oil Shale ....41
INTERNATIONAL
Waste Tires Coprocessed With Oil Shale in Galoter (SHC-3000) Retort ....44
Decline of Estonian Oil Shale Industry Forecast ....45
OIL SANDS
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
EUB Approves Shut-In Order for Gas Wells in Gulf’s Surmont Leases ....48
Gulf Canada Resources Adds Third SAGD Well at Surmont ....49
Shell Accomplishes Significant Reduction in Steam/Oil Ratio at Peace River ....49
CORPORATIONS
Syncrude Celebrates Record Year ....50
Suncor Reports Record Quarterly Earnings But Increased Project Costs ....53
Suncor Applies for Huge (140,000 BPD) Commercial In Situ Project at Firebag ....55
PDVSA 10-Year Plan Sees Orimulsion Output Quadrupling By 2009 ....55
Suncor Will Test In Situ Solvent Extraction at Firebag ....56
GOVERNMENT
Alberta Approves New Oil Sands Tenure Regulation ....56
Oil Sands Orders and Approvals Listed ....57
TECHNOLOGY
Paste Technology May Offer New Route to Tailings Disposal ....57
CONRAD’s Extraction TPG Taking Action ....59
Variety of In Situ Recovery Techniques Under Study at CONRAD ....60
ENVIRONMENT
Oil Sands Impact on Alberta’s Boreal Forest to Be Studied ....62
COAL
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
Financial Future Brightens for Dakota Gasification ....63
KFx Announces New Direction for K-Fuel Facility ....64
Status of Active CCT Projects Updated ....65
CORPORATIONS
Coal Byproducts Industry Shrinks But Grows Stronger ....67
SGII Makes Marketing Moves ....68
COREX C-2000 Plants Performing Well ....69
Covol Achieves Significant Increases in Sales and Production ....69
North Dakota EERC to Develop Feed Systems for Gasifiers ....70
GOVERNMENT
First-Round Vision 21 Awards Have Applications to Synthetic Fuels ....70
ENERGY POLICY & FORECASTS
Coal Is a Fuel for the Future ....71
TECHNOLOGY
Mechanism Proposed for Carbonylation of Methanol From Coal ....73
Palladium/Copper Alloys Separate Hydrogen From Coal Gas Streams ....75
Eutectic Salt Mixtures Catalyze Coal Gasification ....76
Stripper Gas Well Economics Improved by Using SynCoal to Filter Waste Water ....77
NATURAL GAS
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
Enron to Increase Equity in Sweetwater Project ....79
CORPORATIONS
Rentech Sets Cooperative Agreement to Evaluate Floating GTL Plants ....79
BP Amoco Building GTL Test Facility in Alaska ....80
Engelhard and Sasol to Develop Custom GTL Catalyst ....80
Sasol Increases Size of Proposed GTL Plant in Qatar ....80
Methanex Takes Action in Methanol Industry Restructuring ....81
GOVERNMENT
DOE Selects Nine New Projects to Enhance Future Supply and Use of Natural Gas ....82
ENERGY POLICY & FORECASTS
Growth of Gas-To-Liquids Industry Forecast ....83
NPC Sees Natural Gas Supply/Demand Growing for Next 15 years ....84
TECHNOLOGY
Oklahoma Researchers Use Electric Fields to Convert Methane to Liquids ....87
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