A coal liquefaction plant in Secunda ( Secunda CTL ) is one of the country's two petroleum-from-coal extraction plants, which is operated by the synthetic fuel company Sasol.
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As coal liquefaction generally is a high-temperature / high-pressure process, it requires a significant energy consumption and, at industrial scales ( thousands of barrels / day ), multibillion-dollar capital investments.
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A major Research and Development project into the conversion of brown coal into oil, ( Brown Coal Liquefaction Victoria or BCLV ) was established in Morwell in 1983 / 84.
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In the 1920s the Government Fuel Research Station next to the works ( on land owned by the company ) began research into coal liquefaction in order to make petroleum.
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To date, the direct coal liquefaction facility has decreased water consumption from 10 to 5.8 tonnes of water per tonne of product with additional focus being on water treatment and recycling.
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In China, due to an increasing need for liquid energy in the transportation sector, coal liquefaction projects were given high priority even during periods of oil prices below $ 40 per barrel.
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As oil prices were increasing during the first half of 2009, the coal liquefaction projects in China were again boosted, and these projects are profitable with an oil barrel price of $ 40.
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While these raids were focused on tactical targets, the Okinawa-based aircraft made several strategic attacks against industrial facilities; these included an unsuccessful raid on a coal liquefaction plant at Lmuta on 7 August.
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China's coal washing and dresing technologies and abilities have constantly improved and coal liquefaction and underground gasification are being introduced . " China Facts and Figures 2007 : Energy Industry ( Coal )"
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But, frankly, it's as least as likely that transport fuels will come from other sources, for instance biomass or from coal liquefaction ( though coal liquefaction doesn't help solve greenhouse gas emissions ).
