据全球石化新闻2019年12月2日伦敦报道，南非石化巨头萨索尔和催化和表面科学领域的领先者丹麦托普索公司2日宣布了一项合作协议，为从天然气生产柴油、煤油和石脑油的天然气合成油（GTL）技术提供单点许可。
这两家技术公司在个别项目上已进行了长期合作，包括卡塔尔的ORYX GTL厂和乌兹别克斯坦在建的GTL厂。
丹麦托普索公司还参与了世界上第一个天然气制汽油厂的建设，该厂位于土库曼斯坦，于今年6月落成。萨索尔还参与了雪佛龙公司在尼日利亚的Escravos GTL项目。，
GTL技术可以追溯到20世纪初，最初使用的是煤炭。这项技术被推广为一种解决方案，适用于天然气资源丰富但难以获得原油或液体燃料的国家，例如中亚部分地区国家，或历史上面临地缘政治约束或禁运的国家。
新的合作协议还包括氢燃料的新兴领域。
李峻 编译自 全球石化新闻
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Sasol, Haldor Topsoe team up to advance gas-to-liquids projects
South Africa's Sasol and Denmark's Haldor Topsoe announced Monday a collaboration agreement to offer single-point licensing of gas-to-liquids technologies for producing diesel, kerosene and naphtha from natural gas.
The two technology companies have long cooperated Topsoe was also involved in the world's first gas-to-gasoline plant, in Turkmenistan, inaugurated in June, and Sasol has been involved in Chevron's Escravos GTL project in Nigeria.
Gas-to-liquids technology, dating from the early 20th century and initially using coal, is promoted as a solution for countries with large gas resources but limited access to crude oil or liquids fuel, for example parts ofCentral Asia, or, historically, countries facing geopolitical constraints or embargoes. The new agreement also covers the emerging area of hydrogen fuel.