Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Qatar Airways became the first airline to operate a commercial flight on a 50:50 blend with synthetic GTL Jet Fuel. The natural gas derived synthetic kerosene for the six-hour flight from London to Doha came from Shell’s GTL plant in Bintulu, Malaysia. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Qatargas delivered its first Q-Max liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo to China. Delivered onboard the Q-Max vessel, Bu Samra, this is the first Qatari liquefied natural gas Q-Max cargo delivered to PetroChina’s newly-commissioned LNG receiving terminal at Rudong in Jiangsu province. Gulf Times. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2012

Oil demand grew by less than 1%—the slowest rate amongst fossil fuels—while gas grew by 2.2%, and coal was the only fossil fuel with above average annual consumption growth at 5.4% Gas production globally grew by 3.1%; the US recorded 7.7% The EU’s decline in gas production was the highest on record (-11.4%).

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Coal Oil Renewable Saudi Arabia 261

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

In addition to its efforts with TAM Airlines, in February 2008, an Airbus A380 aircraft successfully completed the first ever flight by a commercial aircraft using Gas-to-Liquid (GTL) fuel, and in October 2009 Airbus and Qatar Airways undertook the first commercial flight of 50% blended GTL.

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