VOL. XLIII

No. 29

17-July-2000

IRAN

Shell Proposes Initial Study For Gas-To-Liquids Project In Iran

Royal Dutch/Shell has proposed to Irans Ministry of Petroleum conducting a joint study with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) into prospects for the construction of a gas-to-liquids (GTL) project in Iran. Shell is the operator of a 12,000 b/d capacity GTL plant in Malaysia, and is considering worldwide opportunities for building at least one scaled up version of this plant, with capacity to...