CARSELAND, ALTA. – Greyrock Energy has announced the Rocky Mountain Gas to Liquids (GTL) board has made a final investment decision to move forward with plans to build a plant 60 kilometres east of Calgary.
The Caseland Enhanced GTL will be located near Carseland, Alta. and will be the first plant of its kind.
According to Greyrock, the facility will use Greyrock’s Direct Fuel Production system and GreyCat catalyst and will include enhancements by Expander Energy, Inc.
The plant will use natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) as feedstocks. Products produced will include a synthetic diesel fuel and naphtha.
“Production of synthetic fuel products from alternative resources, including natural gas, NGLs, flare gas, CO2, biomass and other resources is the important step in the evolution of petroleum-based fuels to fuels that are cleaner burning and with an improved carbon footprint,” said Robert Schuetzle, CEO of Greyrock, in a press release.
Officials at Greyrock believe synthetic diesel could play a major role in reducing vehicle emissions.
A recent study by Greyrock and partners concluded that particulate matter emissions from current vehicles could be reduced by approximately 19 per cent by blending 20 per cent synthetic diesel with regular diesel. Blending could also help reduce levels of carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide and methane.
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