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A manufactured product chemically similar in most respects to natural gas, resulting from the conversion or reforming of petroleum hydrocarbons. It may easily be substituted for, or interchanged with, pipeline quality natural gas. (source: EPA)

Survey: Most Americans Want To Phase Out Fossil Fuels, Phase In ...  -  22 Oct 2007
Environmental Leader,Only 15 percent of Americans think the federal or state governments should be investing in “converting US coal into diesel fuel or synthetic natural gas.

Global plans ‘green’ gas plant in Fife  -  Oct 16, 2007
The Herald,The two firms will also collaborate on environmentally-friendly techniques for reducing the sulphuric acid content of the synthetic natural gas produced.

Investors pump $100M into GreatPoint Energy  -  Sep 24, 2007
Bizjournals.com,GreatPoint Energy's plants combine steam and carbon under pressure and in the presence of its catalysts to make pure methane, a synthetic natural gas the

LPP Combustion Paper Wins Award for Technology Enabling Clean ...  -  Oct 2, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),...as kerosene and fuel oil #2, as well as alternative fuels, such as biodiesel, ethanol, and coal liquids, into a synthetic natural gas, called LPP Gas.

GreatPoint Energy Closes $100 Million  -  Sep 24, 2007
Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung),GreatPoint Energy?s synthetic natural gas, called Bluegas?, is as clean as natural gas and can be used directly in place of natural gas for all applications

Coal is the enemy of the human race: Survey says edition  -  Oct 19, 2007
Grist Magazine,Only 15 percent of Americans think the federal or state governments should be investing in "converting US coal into diesel fuel or synthetic natural gas.

Leaders say special session could be over within week  -  18 Aug 2007
Louisville Courier-Journal,It would convert coal into synthetic natural gas. The leaders agreed to reconvene in special session to consider only an energy bill and said they would

Effort to build coal-to-gas plant praised, attacked  -  Aug 12, 2007
Louisville Courier-Journal,If the synthetic natural gas plant is built, it could represent an investment of as much as $3 billion in Kentucky, said Beth Sutton, spokeswoman for

ConocoPhillips, Peabody Energy to build coal-to-substitute natural ...  -  Jul 23, 2007
Columbia Missourian,When completed, the plant is expected to produce 50 billion to 70 billion cubic feet of synthetic natural gas from more than 3.5 million tons of coal.

ConocoPhillips, Peabody plan coal to substitute natural gas plant  -  Jul 23, 2007
KTEN,ConocoPhillips says demand for natural gas and synthetic natural gas has grown. The company's E-GAS technology coverts coal or petroleum coke into a clean

Coal plant concerns environmentalists  -  Aug 13, 2007
Kentucky Post,But if the carbon dioxide could be kept out of the air, he said the result would be a synthetic natural gas that would produce far fewer heat-trapping

Peabody enlists help on proposed coal gasification plant  -  Jul 23, 2007
Kentucky.com,Peabody said Monday that ConocoPhillips would be a partner in the project to convert coal to synthetic natural gas. The proposal is to build the plant near

Basin could be first to capture carbon from lignite power plant  -  Aug 13, 2007
Bismarck Tribune,DGC extracts the CO2 from a lignite process, but it liquifies the coal into a synthetic natural gas. Coal-fired power plants crush and burn it.

International Coal Group To Supply Coal For The Secure Energy ...  -  Jul 19, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),..."Completing the long term coal supply agreement with ICG will help give Secure Energy the ability to produce pipeline quality, synthetic natural gas at a

Officials visit clean CTL plant  -  Jul 31, 2007
Appalachian News-Express,Peabody announced earlier this month it may be partnering with ConocoPhillips in a project to convert coal to synthetic natural gas in western Kentucky,

July 27 editorial:Special session  -  Jul 27, 2007
Elizabethtown News Enterprise,The world’s largest private coal company has partnered with ConocoPhillips to convert coal into synthetic natural gas using a trademarked gasification

Siemens signs agreement for first US gasifier order from Secure Energy  -  Aug 8, 2007
WebWire (press release),The plant is scheduled to be completed in 2009 and has the design capacity to produce 20 billion cubic feet of synthetic natural gas per year.

Coal: Facts and findings  -  Jul 26, 2007
The Daily Star,Synthesis gas can also be used to produce methane, or synthetic natural gas (SNG). The first step toward making liquid fuels from coal involves the

Ze-gen, Inc. Hosts Ribbon Cutting at Demonstration Facility in New ...  -  Jul 23, 2007
Business Wire (press release),BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ze-gen, Inc., a clean energy company providing advanced gasification technology to convert waste streams into synthetic natural gas

Eastman to locate $1.6B gasification facility in Texas  -  Aug 9, 2007
Reliable Plant Magazine,Industrial gasification, an advanced technology in which coal, pet coke or other plentiful domestic feedstocks are turned into synthetic natural gas or

Ze-gen Opens Waste Gasification Facility in Massachusetts  -  Jul 30, 2007
RenewableEnergyAccess.com,Ze-gen, Inc., a clean energy company providing advanced gasification technology to convert waste streams into synthetic natural gas and low emissions

Lawmakers to meet today on energy bill  -  Aug 13, 2007
Louisville Courier-Journal,...projects in Kentucky and is intended to help persuade Peabody Energy to build a plant in Western Kentucky that would convert coal to synthetic natural gas.

The politics of pollution: The world faces a potent political ...  -  Jul 28, 2007
SouthCoastToday.com,...technology can convert construction and demolition waste, mostly wood, into a synthetic natural gas that would later be combusted to create electricity.

A Promise and Compromise on Energy  -  Jul 25, 2007
WTVQ,...his company's investors that they make Kentucky the only site under consideration as the location of a coal to synthetic natural gas conversion plant.

Macquarie Infrastructure Company Reports Second Quarter 2007 ...  -  Aug 9, 2007
CNNMoney.comBeyond this, MIC believes that it can effectively market its synthetic natural gas and liquid petroleum gas products as an efficient,

Ready for last day of General Assembly, group pushes against coal ...  -  Jul 28, 2007
Kentucky.com,...proposed by Peabody Energy and that hundreds of jobs would be created to operate the facility as it converts Kentucky coal into synthetic natural gas.

Judge rejects coal plant permit  -  Aug 8, 2007
Kentucky.com,...the only state considered for a $3 billion plant that would convert coal into synthetic natural gas if lawmakers approve the tax incentives this summer.

Electricity from wood waste  -  Jul 25, 2007
St. Petersburg Times,What's left is a synthetic natural gas that can be used as a direct substitute for fossil fuels used to produce energy. BG&E officials said the Florida

Special session won't start Monday  -  Aug 11, 2007
Louisville Courier-Journal,...that it would be more likely to build a massive plant to turn coal into synthetic natural gas in Kentucky if incentives were approved this summer.

August session proposed  -  Jul 26, 2007
Kentucky.com,...earlier this week that it was partnering with ConocoPhillips to try to build a plant in the Midwest that converts coal to synthetic natural gas.

Mining clean fuel from coal  -  Jul 24, 2007
Cincinnati Post,...as well as 2.6 million barrels per day of coal-derived fuels, 4 trillion cubic feet annually of synthetic natural gas and other products.

No agreement on special session  -  Aug 9, 2007
Louisville Courier-Journal,...coal-to-synthetic natural gas plant in Kentucky if the bill — with its generous incentives for developers of such plants — is passed this summer.

Legislators may meet Saturday on bill  -  Aug 9, 2007
Louisville Courier-Journal,At issue is a bill to offer incentives for Peabody Energy to build a massive plant that would convert coal to synthetic natural gas in Western Kentucky.

McGuinty Government Supports Northern Ontario Green Energy Project  -  Jul 24, 2007
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),In addition to providing clean power to Atikokan Hydro, the plant will have the ability to supply energy, steam and synthetic natural gas at a fixed rate to

Co-gen plant to fire up cheaper power  -  Jul 25, 2007
The Chronicle Journal,In addition to providing clean power to Atikokan Hydro, the plant will have the ability to supply steam and synthetic natural gas at a fixed rate to local

Cardinal Stadium plan may be delayed  -  Aug 2, 2007
Louisville Courier-Journal,...to build a massive plant to convert coal to synthetic natural gas in Kentucky, along with a long list of other items, the House immediately adjourned.

Capitol rally to protest domestic partner benefits  -  Jul 30, 2007
Louisville Courier-Journal,...extend incentives to Peabody Energy, which is considering building a massive plant in Western Kentucky that would convert coal to synthetic natural gas.

Peabody partners up for new plant deal  -  Jul 24, 2007
WFIE-TV,Peabody reported Monday that Conoco-Phillips would be a partner in the project to convert coal to synthetic natural gas. The proposal is to build the plant

Peabody Plant Proposal  -  Jul 23, 2007
WBKO,Peabody reported on July 23, 2007, that Conoco-Phillips would partner in the project to convert coal to synthetic natural gas.

Peabody enlists help on proposed coal gasification plant  -  Jul 23, 2007
WAND,Peabody today reported that Conoco-Phillips would be a partner in the project to convert coal to synthetic natural gas. The proposal is to build the plant

Web-exclusive comment  -  13 Apr 2007
Globe and Mail,Hydrogen and synthetic natural gas can also be produced from Alberta's vast coal deposits — a huge plant is being built to do just that. At the end of 2008,

Illinois EPA Issues Air Permit for the Construction of the Secure ...  -  13 Apr 2007
PR Newswire (press release),The Secure Energy Decatur Gasification Plant is a coal to pipeline quality synthetic natural gas conversion facility planned for an existing industrial site

LPP Combustion Demonstrates Clean Renewable Energy Technology for ...  -  Apr 3, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),On August 15, 2006, LPP Combustion received a US patent for technology that converts liquid fuels into a synthetic natural gas, called LPP gas,

Coal-gas plant praised  -  Mar 15, 2007
Evansville Courier & Press (subscription),Among the positives they cited for the $1.7 billion plant that would turn coal into synthetic natural gas is that it would create more than 1000 jobs and

Gasification plant made unwelcome in the area  -  Mar 14, 2007
Centralia Morning Sentinel,Anderson said the other coal fields that could provide enough coal for the plant, which is slated to create pipeline-ready synthetic natural gas,

Fitch Rates $35MM Lake Charles Improv Projects (Louisiana) 2007 ...  -  Apr 10, 2007
American Digital Networks (press release),...other recently announced construction projects include a $1.3 billion synthetic natural gas (gasification) plant at the Port of Lake Charles.

Premier really is talking trash  -  Apr 7, 2007
Toronto Star,...that heat waste at temperatures well above 1000 degrees Celsius to turn combustible materials into a synthetic natural gas, usually called syngas.

Tomorrow's headlines tonight  -  Mar 15, 2007
Evansville Courier & Press (subscription),The $1.7 billion investment would turn coal into synthetic natural gas, create more than 1000 jobs and provide a buffer against Mideast natural-gas supply

Make details of power bid public, PSC says  -  Mar 15, 2007
The News Journal,...which has proposed a more than $1.5 billion plant to burn a synthetic, natural gas-like fuel near the existing Indian River power complex near Millsboro

Trash power  -  Mar 27, 2007
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette,Phase Three of the BioTown project, expected to be complete by the fall of 2008, is the production of electricity and synthetic natural gas from

BioTown Technology to turn waste into electricity  -  Mar 22, 2007
Muncie Free Press,BioTown's Phase II and Phase III involve producing electricity and synthetic natural gas from agricultural, municipal and industrial wastes.

WIND AND COAL COMPANIES  -  Mar 30, 2007
Free Market News Network,NRG Energy has proposed to build a 600-megawatt clean coal plant that would burn a synthetic natural gas derived from coal. Bluewater Wind has proposed to

Basin plans jigging at power plant  -  Mar 28, 2007
Bismarck Tribune,He said it's possible it could be used in the Dakota Gasification Co. gasification stream, where coal is liquefied to make a synthetic natural gas,

BioTown turns the corner of Phase II  -  Mar 22, 2007
Monticello Herald Journal,...electricity from agricultural, municipal and industrial waste and synthetic natural gas in the second and third phases of the project, respectively.

Tomorrow's headlines tonight  -  15 Mar 2007
Evansville Courier & Press (subscription),The $1.7 billion investment would turn coal into synthetic natural gas, create more than 1000 jobs and provide a buffer against Mideast natural-gas supply

Make details of power bid public, PSC says  -  15 Mar 2007
The News Journal,...which has proposed a more than $1.5 billion plant to burn a synthetic, natural gas-like fuel near the existing Indian River power complex near Millsboro

Gasification plant made unwelcome in the area  -  Mar 14, 2007
Centralia Morning Sentinel,Anderson said the other coal fields that could provide enough coal for the plant, which is slated to create pipeline-ready synthetic natural gas,

Société Générale subsidiary raises Queensland gas ante  -  Feb 28, 2007
International Herald Tribune,Plan and Sherritt International proposed to build a 1.5 billion Canadian dollar, or $1.3 billion, plant to produce synthetic natural gas from coal.

Societe Generale Trumps AGL With Queensland Gas Bid (Update4)  -  Feb 27, 2007
BloombergPension Plan and Sherritt International Corp. proposed to build aC$1.5 billion ($1.3 billion) plant to produce synthetic natural gas from coal.

Minnesota Power sponsors summer teacher seminar  -  Mar 5, 2007
BusinessNorth.com,The Synfuels Plant converts coal into synthetic natural gas and other valuable byproducts. A tour of the visitor’s center at Fort Mandan,

Lighting Las Vegas  -  Feb 26, 2007
Forbes,These could be among the first full-scale power plants in the nation to turn powdered coal into a synthetic natural gas that is burned in a gas turbine

Nuclear power not the only thing Alternate Energy has in mind  -  Mar 5, 2007
Lynchburg News and Advance,...lightning harvesting, a fuel additive, a new system to remove carbon dioxide at power plants and a system to convert coal into synthetic natural gas.

Macquarie Infrastructure Company Reports Full Year 2006 Financial ...  -  Mar 1, 2007
Earthtimes.orgBeyond this, the Company believes that it can effectively market its synthetic natural gas and liquid petroleum gas products effectively as an efficient,

/REVISION From Source - Silverado Gold Mines Ltd./  -  Dec 19, 2006
Yahoo! News (press release)These fuels and products include jet fuel, gasoline, diesel, synthetic natural gas, naptha, explosives, fertilizers, ammonia, urea, plastics and many others

CLEAN COAL DECISION: NYPA TRUSTEES MEMORANDUM  -  Dec 19, 2006
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal,Empire Synfuel LLC and Project Orange Associates, LLC (“Empire/POA�) submitted a proposal for a coal-based synthetic natural gas (SNG) project,

CO2 could also be used to help harvest methane gas  -  Nov 30, 2006
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,Construction hasn't begun on any of the coal gasification plants — plants that would transform sooty Illinois coal to a synthetic natural gas.

LPP Combustion and Dynoil Formalize Intent to Establish Alliance  -  Dec 11, 2006
PR Newswire (press release),2006, LPP Combustion received its primary US Patent for technology that converts bio-diesel and other liquid fuels into a synthetic natural gas,

Risks of exploiting low-quality sources of oil  -  Dec 12, 2006
Media Newswire (press release),...while in the United States, government and businesses are eyeing the nation's vast coal deposits as sources of synthetic natural gas.

A bold, balanced initiative on energy  -  Dec 16, 2006
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription),...call for state investment in new technologies for producing cellulosic ethanol and synthetic natural gas from such biomass sources as grasses or wood.

Cities balk at contracts for power generated by Utah coal-fired plants  -  Nov 22, 2006
Salt Lake Tribune,The resulting synthetic natural gas fires the power plant. IGCC technology has proven out at plants built on the coasts. New research in Wyoming and South

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