Monday, July 28, 2008
Consol To Build Coal To Liquids Plant In West Virginia's Nothern Panahndle.
Consol Coal Company announced Monday that they are planning to build a coal to liquids in Marshall County.
Consol says that they are going to partner with Houston – based energy and technology company Synthesis Systems to build the plant.
The two companies say that they will equally contribute to the initial phase.
Consol says that it will use coal from Consol’s Shoemaker Mine to produce 720,000 metric tons of methanol annually . Methanol also would be used to produce about 100 million gallons of 87- octane gasoline annually.
Consol says that they are going to partner with Houston – based energy and technology company Synthesis Systems to build the plant.
The two companies say that they will equally contribute to the initial phase.
Consol says that it will use coal from Consol’s Shoemaker Mine to produce 720,000 metric tons of methanol annually . Methanol also would be used to produce about 100 million gallons of 87- octane gasoline annually.
# posted by Joe Kinzer @ 1:57 PM 
