The off-shore Waitara and the synthetic petrol plant at Motunui.
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Ruins of the synthetic petrol plant ( Hydrierwerke P�litz Aktiengeselschaft ) in Police, Poland
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Declining oil prices rendered this process uneconomic and New Zealand abandoned the manufacture of synthetic petrol.
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The high cost of synthetic petrol production and low market prices made the process uneconomical at the time.
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Between 1933 and 1936 he was involved in a project to produce synthetic petrol from the hydrogenation of coal.
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The Motunui plant, originally designed to produce synthetic petrol from methanol was modified to produce chemical grade methanol for export.
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Much of the gas from Maui was used to supply the Motunui synthetic petrol plant from 1986 until it ceased operation in 2004.
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Natural gas from offshore wells powers cities through the North Island, is used for synthetic petrol production, and for fuelling gas-fired electricity-producing stations.
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The site was rapidly expanded in the 1920s and 1930s, with plants producing methanol, synthetic petrol derived from the hydrogenation of lignite, amines and detergents . } Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis, Catalysts and Catalysis The synthesis of petrol, although expensive compared to world market prices, was pursued in order to reduce Germany's dependency on imported oil products.