By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Mar. 8 -- Uzbekistan GTL LLC has let to Technip a reimbursable services contract for a detailed feasibility study of the gas-to-liquids project it plans to build 40 km south of Qarshi, Uzbekistan (OGJ, Nov. 16, 2009, p. 20).
Uzbekistan GTL is a joint venture of state-owned Uzbekneftegas, Sasol Synfuels International of South Africa, and state-owned Petronas of Malaysia.
The plant would use the proprietary Sasol Slurry-Phase Distillate process to produce about 1.3 million tonnes/year of diesel, kerosine, naphtha, and LPG.