BP Reinforces its Commitment to China | Press Release | BP

 

 
The excerpt:
 
"Under the agreement, CECC is intended to integrate individual clean energy related technologies - coal gasification, coal to liquids, coal to chemical, carbon capture and storage, coal bed methane and underground gasification - from CAS institutes and other organizations both within and outside the PRC, into competitive integrated feedstock manufacturing and product distribution systems and solutions such as polygeneration complexes."
 
A pretty thorough program - all in service to the 5-Year Plan for 88 coal-to-liquid conversion plants.
 
What, would you suppose, is a "polygeneration" complex. If you explore BP's developments in alternate energies, you might gain some insight. An good guess is that one of the "alternates" has something to do with algae and flue gas.
 
If you're of a mind to investigate more thoroughly, their PR folks are:
 
BP China Press Office
Phone : +8610 84795122
 
They almost certainly speak English.
 
By the way, we believe Chris Hamilton, copied in, has visited one of the Chinese CTL facilities. He could, no doubt, provide you with more insight.