Abstract
It seems that the synthesis of natural gas into synthetic petroleum is not taken into consideration yet though the conversion of natural gas into liquefied natural gas or methanol has been done as the means of its transportation. The author has examined the synthetic petroleum from natural gas.
The present status of South African Coal, Oil and Gas Corporation (SASOL), only one operator of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis in the world, is reported here after the explanation of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis.
Then it is proposed that the synthetic petroleum will be supplied to the consuming country after the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis with the reforming of natural gas into CO and H2, and it is indicated that the synthetic petroleum with the technique of SASOL can be competitive with LNG, methanol and crude oil in economic view point.
