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You should check 'em out and give 'em a call if you're still interested in researching coal-to-liquid fuel technologies.
The several principals at this company have, if the accounts are accurate, quite significant, multi-decade experience in coal-to-liquids technology, including work on Fischer-Tropsch CTL with Exxon and Phillips, among others.