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PETOSKEY, MI -- (December 14, 2009). Gas Technologies LLC (GTL) is pleased to announce the
appointment of Dr. Arthur Nonomura to its Technical Board of Advisors.
Gas Technologies has been expanding on its proprietary and patented methane-to-methanol process
further downstream into fuels, chemicals, natural products and fertilizers. With the assistance and
expertise of Dr. Nonomura, GTL will focus on chemical synthesis and manufacturing processes
involving formaldehyde, alcohols and fertilizer additives involving formation of GTL’s downstream
products.
“The future sales of methanol and formalin depend upon innovative downstream fuels, value
added chemicals and adjuvants. We have been looking for downstream expertise during the past
six months, and have come to realize that there are many interesting technologies which easily
“bolt-on” to the GasTechno® process,” said Walter Breidenstein, CEO of Gas Technologies LLC.
“Working with such respected scientists as Dr. Nonomura will enable GTL to reduce climate-
changing emissions and make an entire downstream list of products to bring to the global markets.”
The GasTechno® Process is a single step gas-to-chemicals technology which produces oxygenates
from natural gas. Because syngas production is not necessary, the process is considerably less
complex, requiring significantly smaller capital investment compared to obsolete sustainable
transport fuel technologies. Utilization of Total Process Integration also puts our own heat and
product streams to work, further improving process efficiency.
Dr. Arthur Nonomura states, “This is a world-class innovation team with a can do attitude. By
making methane into valuable products, GasTechno® provides humanity with dual benefits,
locking up climate-changing gases while also manufacturing products that enhance the quality of
life. What could be better?”
When applied to wet gas, the GasTechno® Process can be integrated with a unique, proprietary
NGL plant, referred to as GasTechno® NGL. GasTechno® NGL maximizes economic returns by
operating a GasTechno® plant side-by-side with a NGL-LPG plant based on common use of OSBL
equipment, Total Process Integration, and optimal operating conditions. GasTechno® NGL together
with the GasTechno® process can produce an attractive product slate which includes: propane,
butane, natural gas condensate, methanol, formaldehyde, and even electricity. The methanol family
of fuel and chemical derivatives alone includes the sought after products of gasoline, DME, olefins,
acetic acid, and many others.
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Industrial experience was gained by Dr. Nonomura while the corporate fellow at Dow Chemical
Company. Currently retired from Dow, Dr. Nonomura has been targeting the enhancement of
transmembrane transport inagriculture.