There has been some misinformation recently published that China is having second thoughts about proceeding with their extensive Coal Conversion, to liquid and gas fuels and chemicals, industrialization.
Like much negative press about Coal Conversion in general, those reports are false; and, we would contend, deliberately false, as this very recent release, from China, might help to attest.
An excerpt:
"BEIJING, Aug 28 (Reuters) - China Datang International Power Generation Co has won government approval to build a 25.7 billion yuan ($3.76 billion) plant in Inner Mongolia to convert coal to gas, the China Mining News reported.
The plant, which would also produce liquid oil including naphtha, would be linked to a new 359-kilometre gas pipeline to Beijing, the report said."
"Naptha" is a term which might carry inaccurate connotations to non-technical readers. In the context of this news release, it conveys the following meaning, distilled from several web-based references:
"Naphtha normally refers to a number of different flammable liquid mixtures of hydrocarbons. Naphtha is used primarily as feedstock for producing a high-octane gasoline component."
As we have, from other sources, reported: It is feasible, on a practical basis, to produce replacements for both liquid petroleum and natural gas, from coal, at the same facility, in the same industrial process stream.