Coal liquids -- Who needs them?
Description
The paper discusses the global energy demand situation as presented at the last World Energy Congress. The total energy demand was calculated for each country and projected to 2100. The paper then discusses the energy situation in the United States, especially the forecasted demand for crude oil and natural gas liquids. Imports will be needed to make up the shortfall in domestic production. The shortfall in conventional petroleum could be supplied by converting coal into liquid fuels. Currently the cost of high quality coal liquids is too high to compete with petroleum, but trends suggest that the price will be competitive in the year 2030 using current technology. Continuing research on coal liquefaction will reduce the price of coal liquids so that coal liquids could play a significant role sooner
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Pittsburgh Coal Conference.
- Imprint Place
- Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- Imprint Title
- Twelfth annual international Pittsburgh coal conference: Proceedings. Coal -- Energy and the environment
- Imprint Pagination
- 1248 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1011-1016.
Conference
- Title
- 12. annual international Pittsburgh coal conference.
- Dates
- 11-15 Sep 1995.
- Place
- Pittsburgh, PA (United States).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 27066497
- Subject category
- S01: COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference, Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- COAL LIQUEFACTION; COAL LIQUIDS; COMPETITION; COMPILED DATA; ENERGY DEMAND; FORECASTING; GLOBAL ASPECTS; PETROLEUM; PRICES; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; USA
- Descriptors DEC
- DATA; DEMAND; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENERGY SOURCES; FLUIDS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; INFORMATION; LIQUEFACTION; LIQUIDS; NORTH AMERICA; NUMERICAL DATA
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- CONF-950952--.