Monday, December 15, 2008

Developer unveils coal-to-gas refinery for W.Va.

By TIM HUBER , 12.09.08, 02:59 PM EST

A New York electric power plant developer with a mixed track record announced plans Tuesday to build a $3 billion coal-to-liquids plant capable of refining an estimated 6.5 million barrels of gasoline annually in West Virginia.

TransGas Development Systems hopes to obtain a state air quality permit so it can begin construction by 2010 and start operations by 2013. The company is proposing to build the plant on an 800-acre site in the state's southern coalfields leased from the Mingo County Development Authority. Read more...


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