Backing given to process that cuts carbon footprint of petrol

Gas-to-liquids technology developer Primus Green Energy’s process converts natural gas or syngas into hydrocarbon fuel, reducing the carbon footprint of petrol by up to 10 per cent.

The technology has the potential to reduce this footprint further, to approximately 40 per cent, through a targeted use of 50-50 natural gas and landfill gas. It also removes noxious gases sulphur and benzene from the fuel, which has roughly 10 per cent of the harmful compounds found in crude oil.

‘We can take municipal solid waste, or waste wood; anything that has carbon in it,’ said George Boyajian, vice president – business development at Primus Green Energy.

‘We produce zero-sulphur, zero-benzene petrol. We’re also in the process of learning to make diesel as well. We’re making it in litre-sized quantities [but] we’re looking to make it in barrel-sized quantities.’

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Primus is able to produce fuel two-thirds cheaper than conventional oil because its concept takes advantage of the arbitrage between the price of natural gas and the price of oil.