02508nam a2200313 4500 20260520010131.0 260224s2003 xxu ing Inglés ALMEIDA, E. 37188 BOMTEMPO, J. V. 37189 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Grupo de Economia da Energia 37190 International Conference on Management of Technology (12 Th. NANCY, France, May, 13-15) 37191 The Selection Environment for Gas to Liquids Technology: challenging the natural trajectory Río de Janeiro 2003 14/06/2012 ; 09/08/05 Adobe Acrobat (PDF) ; Navegadores de Internet The Gas to Liquids technology (GTL) consists of a chemical conversion of natural gas into a stable liquid by means of the Fischer-Tropsch – FT synthesis. This conversion makes possible to obtain products that can be consumed directly as a fuel (for example, Diesel) or special products such as lubricants. The decade of the 1990s witnessed the return of the Fischer-Tropsch Process to the centre of attention in the world petroleum and natural gas industry. A radical transformation in selection environment of this technology has opened the door for its renovation. This paper analyses how the new selection environment is driving the renewal of the Gas-to- Resumen del autor: Liquids technology. The paper shows that this selection environment is driving the technology into some directions of innovations that are not in balance with the technology’s natural trajectory, as defined by Nelson et Winter (1982). As a consequence, firms have difficulties in defining a clear research programme, resulting in higher technological risks. These technological risks are affecting the feasibility of GTL projects, resulting in lots of smoke and practically no fire in the GTL industry landscape. Gas to liquids 21041 GNS. Gas natural de síntesis 1165 Metanol 5057 Mercado de combustibles 2356 ALMEIDA, E. 37188 BOMTEMPO, J. V. 37189 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Grupo de Economia da Energia 37190 International Conference on Management of Technology (12 Th. NANCY, France, May, 13-15) http://www.gee.ie.ufrj.br/pdf/the_selection_environment_for_gas_to_liquids_technology.pdf CONGTP 165803 165803 0 0 ddc 0 0 233622 BVIAPG BVIAPG | 2026-03-05 200037296 | 20003729 0 | 200037296 | 20003729 2026-05-11 23:59:00 2026-03-05 CONGTP