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China and US Researchers Make Progress With Catalyst for Conversion of Stranded Methane to Transportable Liquid

Posted on May 22, 2008

Researchers in China and the US have identified details of the structure of a known catalytic material that can turn methane into a safe and easy-to-transport liquid. The insight lays the foundation for converting stranded methane in oil fields into a variety of useful fuels and chemicals.The catalyst molybdenum oxide sitting on a zeolite mineral converts methane gas into the more tractable liquid benzene. The process is not yet commercially viable, as the scientists do not yet understand enough about the molecular details to improve the catalyst. Now, researchers at Pacific Northwest Nati...

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