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In Australia CSIRO, in collaboration with The Broken Hill Proprietary Company, Limited (BHP), is conducting a nationally coordinated research program to evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of using methane oxidative coupling as the basis of an alternative route to conventional synthesis-gas—based processes for producing olefins and transport fuels from natural gas.
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Edwards, J.H., Do, K.T., Tyler, R.J. (1992). The OXCO Process: The Direct Conversion of Natural Gas to Olefins and Liquid Fuels Using Fluidized-Bed Technology. In: Wolf, E.E. (eds) Methane Conversion by Oxidative Processes. Van Nostrand Reinhold Catalysis Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7449-5_13
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