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[gac141] 06/3/2013 08:57

Roy's presentation at the CERAWeek 2013.

If you check out those attending... They are the largest group of big names all in one event.

[grigor] 05/3/2013 23:51

Presentation to OilBarrel - July 2012

[deutsch3] 04/3/2013 10:38

Management sold their soul for 1.25 !

[arf dysg] 04/3/2013 10:26

gac141, does google translate Morse code?

[hawkwind4] 04/3/2013 07:55

Post IHS conference should see a rise in interest and future orders. Note#
There is also a converence link meeting this week being held in London for Europe's equivilant

[jdb2005] 04/3/2013 07:48

4th March 2013

OXFORD CATALYSTS GROUP PLC

("Oxford Catalysts" or "the Group" or "the Company")

IHS CERAWeek 2013

Oxford Catalysts Group (OCG.L), the smaller scale Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) technology innovator, is pleased to announce that Roy Lipski, CEO, will be joining other industry leaders in providing insight on key strategic energy-related topics at the prestigious IHS CERAWeek 2013 conference in Houston, Texas this week.

Roy Lipski's keynote is scheduled for Wednesday 6th March at 11:20 a.m. CST.

As the development of shale plays in North America continues, driving the price of natural gas to $4/mmbtu and below, much attention is being focused on the implications of the historically low gas price in comparison to other energy commodities. At the CERAWeek strategic session "Capturing the Spread: Turning North American Natural Gas into Higher-value Products", Roy Lipski will highlight how smaller scale GTL is uniquely placed to capture these price spreads and realise high value from shale gas and other gas resources. Alongside him will be presenting senior representatives from Sasol, Dow and LyondellBasell.

IHS CERAWeek is the leading gathering of senior energy decision-makers from around the world. Three hundred speakers, including senior industry executives, thought leaders and government officials will present and facilitate discussion on the world's changing energy markets during the week-long conference.

Roy Lipski, CEO of Oxford Catalysts Group, said:

"Multi-billion dollar conventional GTL projects are an option for only a handful of large players at only a few locations. Smaller scale GTL, based on the use of Velocys technology, opens up the market to the majority of energy companies. We see worldwide opportunities for smaller scale GTL; whilst in North America, it is an especially good fit for the challenge of monetising remote or low-value gas resources of 10 million scf/day or more, from either conventional fields, shale or associated gas."

A copy of Roy Lipski's presentation can be downloaded from www.oxfordcatalysts.com/ocgf05.php

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[tubbenden] 01/3/2013 22:53

You mean ppl take profit or loss ;)

Maybe both, but the volume is very low, not a big concern to me. My next top up is 125p too if it goes there.

[count chris] 01/3/2013 22:49

After a rise like that it's bound to drop as people take proffits especially if they'd been sat on a paper loss for a long period - that's what I did anyway. Still love the story and if it does get down to 125p I'll be back in for sure.

[tubbenden] 01/3/2013 22:41

Bought some more at 153p. Hopefully some good news coming to stop the downtrend.

Personally I think OCG will be acquired by a big boy one day, on a good premium.

[piadda] 01/3/2013 18:11

Fingers has kindly reviewed the OCG chart on the Fingers Basic Chart Thread. Interesting crunch time early next week. Either a bounce to continue the uptrend or down to 125 (last placing value?). Also an important date towards the end of this month which is coincident with the possible order mentioned previously. Interesting times.

Please don't take this as a ramp or a deramp. I hold OCG for the long term.

[deutsch3] 01/3/2013 17:49

In the absence of 'new' good news the placing of 1.25 is acting as a lead weight holding down any loyal and true sentiment. It is a fire escape for the chosen ones if needed, whereas it's jump for the rest of us. - Thankfully it is a great product ( I think).

[gac141] 28/2/2013 16:07

Calumet moves to FEED stage on modular GTL proposal in Pennsylvania

02.28.2013 |

Calumet now plans to progress with the more detailed engineering and market analysis for the plant. At the conclusion of this study, which is expected to last six months, Calumet says it will decide whether to proceed with fabrication. Production is expected to begin in the second half of 2014.

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Calumet Specialty Products is moving to the front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase for its proposed 1,400 bpd gas-to-liquids (GTL) unit at Karns City, Pennsylvania, officials confirmed on Thursday.

Calumet had commissioned Ventech Engineers, specialists in modular petroleum processing plants, to design and deliver the GTL plant utilizing an autothermal reformer (ATR) from Haldor Topsoe and Fischer-Tropsch technology from Velocys.

Ventech has now completed the plant design and provided a fixed price quote for the modules. Calumet has confirmed that the project
economics look "strong", according to Thursday's statement.

Calumet's appointed third-party owner's engineer also finished a thorough review of the technology, as well as Ventech's GTL design and other intended technology components. Calumet said it concluded that the technology "is fantastic".

"The project with Calumet will be the only commercial GTL plant in North America to move in to front end engineering, other than
Sasol's project in Louisiana," said Roy Lipski, CEO of Oxford Catalysts Group, which describes itself as an innovator for the modular GTL technology.

"If it continues on its current schedule, it will be the first GTL plant to be operational in North America, and the only commercial smaller-scale GTL anywhere in the world," he added.

Calumet now plans to progress with the more detailed engineering and market analysis for the plant. At the conclusion of this study, which is expected to last approximately six months, Calumet says it will be in a position to decide on proceeding with fabrication.


Production is currently expected to begin in the second half of 2014.

[gac141] 28/2/2013 09:35

We know when we have the right partner when you see the projects they are working on....

[phsycho] 25/2/2013 15:34

persistent spamming of links on many threads from a variety of avatars Gac

[gac141] 25/2/2013 13:57

Deutsch3 Why?

[deutsch3] 25/2/2013 13:06

I am sick of Directors Talk !

[kettlety1] 25/2/2013 12:21

Just register your details (free!) with and you can access the article:



February 25, 2013
Poweralternatives: Oxford Catalysts Group Sees Six Month Countdown To Construction Greenlight On Calumet GTL Project

By Amy McLellan


Oxford Catalysts Group had a stellar year in 2012 as its modular gas-to-liquids technology made important strides towards becoming a commercial reality. A key moment came in September when NASDAQ-quoted Calumet Specialty Product Partners awarded a contract that could be worth more than US$30 million over 20 years to the AIM group. Calument wants to use the Oxford company's proprietary solution to build a 1,000 bpd commercial GTL plant at its Karns City, Pennsylvania facility, using the synthetic fuel as feedstock for the production of ultra-high quality speciality products.

Now Oxford Catalysts, which in December raised £30.6 million through an oversubscribed placing, says that Texas-based Ventech Engineers International, its strategic engineering partner, has completed the plant design and provided a fixed price quote for the modules. Calumet, having had a third party engineering company examine the technology, has confirmed that the project economics look "strong" and that the technology "is fantastic".

Calumet now plans to progress with the more detailed engineering and market analysis for a plant of approximately 1,400 bpd. This should take around six months, at which point Calumet will make a decision whether to greenlight construction. This would appear to be just a few months adrift of the timetable set out in September 2012, which expected a decision to build in H1 2013, with a view to plant start-up in H2 2014 with Calumet Oxford will be the only commercial GTL plant in North America to move in to front end engineering, other than Sasol's project in Louisiana," said Lipski. "If it continues on its current schedule, it will be the first GTL plant to be operational in North America, and the only commercial smaller scale GTL anywhere in the world."

North America increasingly looks to be the destination for the first commercial modular GTL following the price dislocation caused by the shale gas boom. The historic arbitrage between very high oil prices and very low gas prices in the US has created an unprecedented opportunity for modular GTL projects to make it off the drawing board and into reality. For Calumet, the conversion of very low cost gas – still under US$3 per MCF – into high quality synthetic fuel will enable the company to reduce costs, increase security of supply and improve product quality.


Oxford Catalysts' patent-protected technology, marketed as Velocys, marries super-active catalysts, developed by Oxford University's world-class chemistry department, with microchannel chemical reactors that can significantly accelerate the chemical reaction. The end result is a technology that can do more in a fraction of the space, reducing capital costs and making the solution modular and mobile. This means the GTL plants of the future aren't restricted to coastal locations but can be sited wherever there are stranded pools of low value gas – and there are lots of those around. Indeed, the company reckons its GTL solution could address an untapped market of up to 25 million barrels of fuel per day.


Texas-based Ventech certainly sees the potential. In November it formed a strategic partnership with Oxford Catalysts and subscribing to 933,687 new shares at a price of 135 pence per share, then a 44 per cent premium to the share price, raising £1.3 million for the Oxford company. Ventech has already expanded its fabrication facility near Houston to handle an expected growth in orders and has made US$200 million in capital available to co-invest in initial customer modular GTL plants. It has also committed to place an order for Oxford Catalyst FT reactors by 29 March 2013, with the reactors due for delivery 18 months later. This commitment, potentially ahead of a client order, is another vote of confidence, allowing Oxford Catalysts to "kick-start its manufacturing supply chain", said Lipski.

This could be another very interesting year for shareholders.