Shell supplies GTL fuel for Qatar Airways

Royal Dutch Shell has supplied fuel made from natural gas for a Qatar Airways-operated commercial passenger flight from London to Doha, Qatar. Shell has developed and produced the 50-50 blend of synthetic gas to liquids (GTL) kerosene and conventional oil-based kerosene fuel. The project is expected to produce around one million tons per annum of GTL kerosene from 2012, enough to power a typical commercial airliner for half a billion kilometers when used in a 50% blend to make GTL jet fuel. Shell has been developing the technology to convert natural gas into valuable liquid transportation fuels, lubricants and chemical feedstocks for over 30 years. (October 14, 2009)