Evaluate GTL processes compared with conventional refining

R. Uberman, A. F. Modrzewski Kraków Academy, Kraków, Poland; and S. Žiković, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia Many attempts have been made to develop a process allowing for the substitution of crude oil with another feedstock capable of delivering high-quality fuel products. This quest is inevitably linked to the names of Fisher and Tropsch, who successfully developed and patented a process to convert a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen into liquid hydrocarbons. This process was first applied commercially during World War 2 (WW2). For a long time after the war, the only country where the development of Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology took place was South Africa. Oil majors did m