Catalyst development enables innovative OCM technology application

J. Wood and R. Black, Siluria Technologies, Houston, Texas Access to shale reserves and advances in hydraulic fracturing technology have created an abundance of recoverable natural gas and lightweight NGL in various regions of the world (Fig. 1), but nowhere has the impact been more pronounced than in the US. Fig. 1. Global recoverable natural gas reserves. Sources: IEA (Advanced Resources International), BP, Reuters.  During the past six years, US dry natural gas production increased significantly, from a low of 50 Bcfd in 2008 to more than 70 Bcfd to date. According to the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA’s) Annual Energy Outlook 2014, natural gas produc