Originally Posted By: OVERKILL
Originally Posted By: A_Harman
If Mobil is planning to use GTL, where are they going to get it? Shell said they were not going to market it to other blenders in the foreseeable future in the PurePlus Q&A.
As I said, at the time of that presentation, XOM was billions deep in their own GTL plant.
How does this work in the BIG oil biz as far as patents and such go??
In other words, did SOPUS beat XOM to the punch by marketing GTLs first, thus not even allowing (due to protected patents) XOM to finish their plant and start using/marketing their OWN GTLs if they so choose??!?
Originally Posted By: A_Harman
If Mobil is planning to use GTL, where are they going to get it? Shell said they were not going to market it to other blenders in the foreseeable future in the PurePlus Q&A.
As I said, at the time of that presentation, XOM was billions deep in their own GTL plant.
How does this work in the BIG oil biz as far as patents and such go??
In other words, did SOPUS beat XOM to the punch by marketing GTLs first, thus not even allowing (due to protected patents) XOM to finish their plant and start using/marketing their OWN GTLs if they so choose??!?