Description
Visiongain’s analysis of the global gas-to-liquids (GTL) market for 2020 reports on a market value of $2,915 million in 2019, expected to reach $4,881 million by 2030, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.7% from 2020 to 2030. Read on to discover the potential business opportunities available.
Why you should buy this report?
1. Revenue forecast for the Gas to Liquids market by plant size (small, medium, large) for the 2020-2030 period
2. Gas to Liquids market breakdown by product (Diesel, Naphtha and Others) with detailed revenue forecasting for each of these products
3. Regional and Geographical analysis of the Gas to Liquids market and spending breakdown for the examined areas
4. PESTLE and SWOT analysis for better understanding of the Gas to Liquids market conditions
5. Leading Gas to Liquids market companies’ profiles and revenue presentation for the 2014-2018 period.
Gas to liquids (GTL) technology converts natural gas to the cleanest burning fossil fuel into a variety of high-quality liquid products, such as diesel. Gas to liquids helps the countries with natural gas resources grow their economies as new gas supplies come on-stream to satisfy the growing global demand for liquid products. The greatest advantages associated with GTL process is a reduction in CO2 emissions and other greenhouse gases, which makes it very popular within the context of the larger trend toward more eco-friendly power solutions. GTL products or fuel can be used in existing diesel engines without the need for engine modifications, new infrastructure or vehicle investment. During the three decades, few GTL projects have been developed as alternatives for the gas companies to monetize their gas and diversify their energy mix. The first major GTL project is in Qatar as a result of the abundant of the supply of economically priced gas. Major existing GTL projects are using Sasol or Shell technology. GTL has addressed a number of major challenges in the oil and gas industry including the economic use of remote gas, the impact of stricter environmental regulations. Crude oil price hikes, energy security concerned, and environmental drivers who turned the focus of the global fuel market to alternative fuels. The major challenge for the gas to liquid is the higher cost of the plant. The gas to liquids projects have the capacity of 1,000 bbl per day to 140,000 bbl per day. In the case of GTL, a company could minimise investment risk by only licencing the technology with limited liabilities. The GTL commercialization framework is based on the important components of risk management, cash flow management, and licencing strategy.
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Why Gas to Liquids Matters in 2025
GTL converts natural gas into clean-burning liquid fuels, offering a low-emission alternative that is fully compatible with existing diesel infrastructure-no engine modifications required.
As energy security, carbon reduction goals, and oil price volatility continue to dominate industry agendas, GTL emerges as a resilient option to monetise remote or stranded gas reserves.
Key Benefits of GTL Technology:
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Produces ultra-clean fuels
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Supports national energy diversification
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Reduces CO‚ÇÇ and particulate emissions
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Enables gas-rich nations to meet liquid fuel demand
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Compatible with current diesel engine and logistics systems
Market Challenges and Opportunities
While GTL projects come with high capital costs (ranging from 1,000 to 140,000 bbl/day capacities), licencing models and risk-managed partnerships are helping companies reduce exposure.
The commercialisation model increasingly focuses on:
Major existing GTL projects, particularly in Qatar, South Africa, and the U.S.-leverage proven Sasol and Shell technologies. These projects have helped the industry tackle challenges such as remote gas utilisation, tightening environmental regulations, and energy supply diversification.
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1. Report Overview
1.1 Global Gas to Liquids Market Overview
1.2 Global Gas to Liquids Market Structure and Segmentation
1.3 Methodology
1.4 Why You Should Read This Report
1.5 How This Report Delivers
1.6 Key Questions Answered by This Analytical Report Include:
1.7 Who is This Report For?
1.8 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
1.9 Associated Visiongain Reports
1.10 About Visiongain
2. Introduction of Gas to Liquid Market
2.1 Gas to Liquids Market Definition
2.2 A Brief History of the Gas to Liquid Market
2.3 Advantages and Disadvantages Gas to Liquid
3. Global Gas to Liquid Market 2020-2030
3.1 Global Gas to Liquid Market Forecast 2020-2030
3.2 Drivers and Restraints in the Gas to Liquid Market
4. Gas to Liquid Submarket Forecasts 2020-2030
4.1 Which Plant Size Will Provide the Strongest Growth?
4.1.1 Small Sized Submarket Forecast 2020-2030
4.1.2 Medium Sized Submarket Forecast 2020-2030
4.1.3 Large Sized Submarket Forecast 2020-2030
5. Gas to Liquid Submarket Forecasts 2020-2030
5.1 Which Product Will Provide the Strongest Growth?
5.1.1 GTL Diesel Submarket Forecast 2020-2030
5.1.2 GTL Naphtha Submarket Forecast 2020-2030
5.1.3 Others Submarket Forecast 2020-2030
6. Regional and Leading National Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2020-2030
6.1 Global Gas to Liquids Market, by Region
6.1.1 Market Share of Global Gas to Liquids by Region
6.1.2 MEA Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2020-2030.
6.1.3 ROW Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2020-2030
6.2 Leading National Gas to Liquid Market Forecast 2020-2030
6.2.1 Qatar Gas to Liquid Market Forecast 2020-2030
6.2.2 South Africa Gas to Liquid Market Forecast 2020-2030
6.2.3 Nigeria Gas to Liquid Market Forecast 2020-2030
6.2.4 Malaysia Gas to Liquid Market Forecast 2020-2030
7. Qualitative Analysis of the Gas to Liquids Market
7.1 SWOT Analysis
7.1.1 Strengths
7.1.2 Weaknesses
7.1.3 Opportunities
7.1.4 Threats
7.2 PESTLE Analysis
7.2.1 Political
7.2.2 Economic
7.2.3 Social
7.2.4 Technological
7.2.5 Legal
7.2.6 Environmental
8. The Leading Companies in the Gas-to-liquid (GTL) Market
8.1 Royal Dutch Shell plc
8.2 Sasol Limited
8.3 Chevron Corporation
8.4 PETROBRAS
8.5 Compact GTL
8.6 Primus Green Energy
8.7 Velocys
8.8 Gas Techno
8.9 NRG Energy
8.10 Qatar Petroleum
8.11 KBR Inc.
8.12 Linde
9. Summary and Conclusions
9.1 Summary
9.1.1 The World Gas to Liquids Market in 2020 and 2030
9.1.2 Leading National Market
9.1.3 The Future of the Gas to Liquids Market
9.2 Conclusion
10. Glossary
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Appendix A
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Appendix B
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List of Figures
Figure 1.1 Global Gas to Liquids Market Structure Overview
Figure 2.1 Fischer-Tropsch Process Components
Figure 2.2 Schematic of the GTL Production Process
Figure 2.3 GTL Output
Figure 2.4 GTL Development Timeline
Figure 3.1 Global Gas to Liquid Market Forecast 2020-2030 ($mn/yr, AGR %)
Figure 4.1 Gas to Liquid Market Share by Plant Size Forecast, 2020, 2025 and 2030 (% Share)
Figure 4.2 Gas to Liquid Submarkets Forecast 2020-2030 ($m)
Figure 4.3 Gas to Liquid Submarkets Cumulative Spending Forecast 2020-2030 ($m)
Figure 4.4 Small Sized GTL Submarkets Forecast 2020-2030 ($m)
Figure 4.5 Medium Sized Submarkets Markets Forecast 2020-2030 ($m)
Figure 4.6 Large Sized Markets Forecast 2020-2030 ($m)
Figure 5.1 GTL Process Overview
Figure 5.2 Gas to Liquid Market Share by Product Size Forecast, 2020, 2025 and 2030 (% Share)
Figure 5.3 Gas to Liquid Submarkets Forecast 2020-2030 ($m)
Figure 5.4 Gas to Liquid Submarkets Cumulative Spending Forecast 2020-2030 ($m)
Figure 5.5 Diesel GTL Submarkets Forecast 2020-2030 ($m)
Figure 5.6 Naphtha GTL Submarkets Forecast 2020-2030 ($m)
Figure 5.7 Others GTL Submarkets Forecast 2020-2030 ($m)
Figure 6.1 Global Gas to Liquids Market by Region Forecast 2020-2030 ($m)
Figure 6.2 Global Gas to Liquids Market Share by Region Forecast 2020, 2025 and 2030 (% Share)
Figure 6.3 MEA Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2020-2030 ($M, AGR %)
Figure 6.4 ROW Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2020-2030 ($M, AGR %)
Figure 6.5 Gas to Liquid Market Share by Country Forecast, 2020, 2025 and 2030 (% Share)
Figure 6.6 Global Gas to Liquid Market Forecast 2020-2030 ($USm, AGR %)
Figure 6.7 Qatar Gas to Liquid Market Forecast 2020-2030 ($m/yr, AGR %)
Figure 6.8 South Africa Gas to Liquid Market Forecast 2020-2030 ($m/yr, AGR %)
Figure 6.9 Nigeria Gas to Liquid Market Forecast 2020-2030 ($m/yr, AGR %)
Figure 6.10 Malaysia Gas to Liquid Market Forecast 2020-2030 ($mnl/yr, AGR %)
Figure 8.1 Royal Dutch Shell Total Company Sales 2014-2018 (US $M, AGR %)
Figure 8.2 Sasol Total Company Sales 2014-2018 (US $M, AGR %)
Figure 8.3 Chevron Total Company Sales 2014-2018 (US $M, AGR %)
Figure 8.4 Petrobras Total Company Sales 2014-2018 (US $M, AGR %)
Figure 8.5 Velocys Total Company Sales 2014-2018 (US$M, AGR %)
Figure 8.6 NRG Total Company Sales 2014-2018 (US $M, AGR %)
Figure 8.7 Qatar Petroleum Total Company Sales 2014-2018 (US $M, AGR %)
Figure 8.8 KBR Total Company Sales 2014-2018 (US $M, AGR %)
Figure 8.9 Linde Total Company Sales 2014-2018 (US $M, AGR %)
Figure 9.1 Gas to Liquids Market Share by Plant Size in 2019 (%)
Figure 9.2 Gas to Liquids Market Share by Product in 2019 (%)
List of Tables
Table 3.1 Global Gas to Liquid Market Forecast 2020-2030 (Spending $m, AGR %, Cumulative)
Table 3.2 Drivers and Restraints in the Gas to Liquid Market
Table 4.1 Global Gas to Liquid Submarkets Forecast 2020-2030 ($m, AGR %, Cumulative)
Table 4.2 Global Small Sized GTL Submarkets Forecast 2020-2030 ($m, AGR %, Cumulative)
Table 4.3 Global Medium Sized Submarkets Forecast 2020-2030 ($m, AGR %, Cumulative)
Table 4.4 Global Large Sized Submarkets Forecast 2020-2030 ($m, AGR %, Cumulative)
Table 5.1 GTL Products Vs. CARB (California Air Resources Board) Reference Fuel
Table 5.2 Global Gas to Liquid Submarkets by Product Forecast 2020-2030 ($m, AGR %, Cumulative)
Table 5.3 Characteristics and Properties of GTL Diesel
Table 5.4 Global Diesel GTL Submarkets Forecast 2020-2030 ($m, AGR %, Cumulative)
Table 5.5 Properties and Specifications of GTL Naptha
Table 5.6 Global Naphtha GTL Submarkets Forecast 2020-2030 ($m, AGR %, Cumulative)
Table 5.7 Global Others GTL Submarkets Forecast 2020-2030 ($m, AGR %, Cumulative)
Table 6.1 Leading Region Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2020-2030 (USmn, AGR %, Cumulative)
Table 6.2 MEA Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2020-2030 (Spending $m, AGR %, CAGR %, Cumulative)
Table 6.3 ROW Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2020-2030 (Spending $m, AGR %, CAGR %, Cumulative)
Table 6.4 Leading National Gas to Liquid Market Forecast 2020-2030 (USmn, AGR %, Cumulative)
Table 6.5 Qatar Gas to Liquid Market Forecast 2020-2030 (Spending $m, AGR %, CAGR %, Cumulative)
Table 6.6 South Africa Gas to Liquid Market Forecast 2020-2030 (Spending $m, AGR %, CAGR %, Cumulative)
Table 6.7 Nigeria Gas to Liquid Market Forecast 2020-2030 (Spending $m, AGR %, CAGR %, Cumulative)
Table 6.8 Malaysia Gas to Liquid Market Forecast 2020-2030 (Spending $m, AGR %, CAGR %, Cumulative)
Table 7.1 Global Gas to Liquids Market SWOT Analysis
Table 7.2 Global Gas to Liquids Market PESTLE Analysis
Table 8.1 Royal Dutch Shell plc 2018 (CEO, Strongest Business Region, Total Revenue in 2018, HQ, Founded, No. of Employees, IR Contact, Ticker, Website)
Table 8.2 Recent Projects of Shell (Name of the Project, Country, Technology)
Table 8.3 Sasol Limited 2018 (CEO, Strongest Business Region, Total Revenue in 2018, HQ, Founded, No. of Employees, IR Contact, Ticker, Website)
Table 8.4 Recent Sasol Projects (Name of Projects, Country, Technology, Description)
Table 8.5 Chevron Corporation Company 2019 (CEO, Strongest Business Region, Total Revenue in 2018, HQ, Founded, No. of Employees, IR Contact, Ticker, Website)
Table 8.6 Recent Chevron Corporation Projects (Name of Projects, Country, Technology, Description)
Table 8.7 PETROBRAS 2018 (CEO, Strongest Business Region, Total Revenue $m, HQ, Founded, No. of Employees, IR Contact, Ticker, Website)
Table 8.8 Recent Petrobras Projects (Name of Projects, Country, Technology, Description)
Table 8.9 CompactGTL 2018 (CEO, Strongest Business Region, HQ, Founded, No. of Employees, IR Contact, Ticker, Website)
Table 8.10 Recent CompactGTL Projects (Name of Projects, Country, Technology, Description)
Table 8.11 Primus Green Energy 2018 (CEO, Strongest Business Region, HQ, Founded, No. of Employees, Website)
Table 8.12 Recent Primus Green Energy Projects (Name of Projects, Country, Technology, Description)
Table 8.13 Velocys 2018 (CEO, Strongest Business Region, HQ, Founded, No. of Employees, Website)
Table 8.14 Recent Velocys Projects (Name of Projects, Country, Technology, Description)
Table 8.15 Gas Techno 2018 (CEO, Strongest Business Region, HQ, Founded, Website)
Table 8.16 Recent Gas Techno Projects (Name of Projects, Country, Technology, Description)
Table 8.17 NRG Energy 2018 (CEO, Strongest Business Region, HQ, Founded, Total Company Revenue $m 2018, Business Segments, No. of Employees, Website)
Table 8.18 Recent NRG Energy Projects (Name of Projects, Country, Technology, Description)
Table 8.19 Qatar Petroleum 2018 (CEO, Strongest Business Region, HQ, Founded, Total Company Revenue in 2018, No. of Employees, Website)
Table 8.20 Recent Qatar Petroleum Projects (Name of Projects, Country, Technology, Description)
Table 8.21 KBR Inc. 2018 (CEO, Strongest Business Region, HQ, Founded, Total Company Revenue in 2018, Business Segments, No. of Employees, Website)
Table 8.22 Recent KBR Projects (Name of Projects, Country, Technology, Description)
Table 8.23 Linde (CEO, Strongest Business Region, HQ, Founded, Total Company Revenue in 2018, Business Segments, No. of Employees, Website)
Table 8.24 Recent Linde Plc Projects (Name of Projects, Country, Technology, Description)
Table 9.1 Global Gas to Liquids Market Forecast 2020-2030 (Spending $m, AGR %, Cumulative)
Table 9.2 Leading National Gas to Liquid Market Forecast 2020-2030 (USmn, AGR %, Cumulative)
