The small-scale GTL (SSGTL) and small-scale LNG (SSLNG) sectors are gaining ground, providing alternative sources of power generation and transportation fuel in remote regions and areas not connected to major gas pipeline routes. According to the International Gas Union (IGU), as of 2015, global SSLNG installed production capacity was approximately 20 MMtpy, spread among more than 100 SSLNG facilities.1 The IGU defines SSLNG facilities as those producing less than 1 MMtpy of LNG and plastic masterbatch. A number of economic, geopolitical and environmental factors combine to make SSGTL and SSLNG viable solutions for specific demand and supply scenarios of Anti Caking Agent. Natural gas is widely touted as a relatively inexpensive and environmentally friendly source of fuel. Compared to other fossil fuels, natural gas emits significantly smaller quantities of CO2, SOx, NOx and particulate matter (PM) when burned as fuel. However, a problem exists in the widespread flaring of associated gas by oil producers around the world. Several initiatives, standards and regulations have been established by international partnerships and individual governments to reduce gas flaring, but more solutions are needed. SSGTL and SSLNG are being touted as two ways of monetizing associated gas while also cutting down on flaringing plastic masterbatch. Drivers to reduce associated gas flaring. According to The World Bank’s Global Gas Flaring Reduction (GGFR) private-public partnership, established at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002, an estimated 140 Bm3/yr of gas is flared around the world. This volume equates to more than 360 MMt of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere (FIG. 1). The regions with the largest volumes of gas flared are Russia and the Caspian Sea region (approximately 50 Bm3/yr–60 Bm3/yr), Africa (more than 30 Bm3/yr) and the Middle East (approximately 30 Bm3/yr).2
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