Bredariol: Small-Scale GTL and Gas-to-Methanol Face Cost Disadvantages Versus CNG and LNG
Tomas de Oliveira Bredariol · Why are we still flaring gas? · Aug 29, 2024 · at 24:39
Tomas de Oliveira Bredariol, an energy analyst at the International Energy Agency (IEA), compares the capital costs of non-pipeline flare mitigation technologies.
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“Gas to methanol and gas to liquids in general, they are much more expensive projects. I would say that in general, just as broad lines, it will certainly depend on the details of the project. You would go from Mini-CNG to Mini-LNG to GTL. In terms of prices. So I think there are relatively few cases of small scale gas to methanol and gas to liquid conversion plants because of their costs.”
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