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Marshall Frank

Author: Marshall Frank

Marshall E. Frank retired from Chem Systems, where he was President and Managing Director, responsible for international consulting activities in North and South America and Asia Pacific. During his more than thirty years with the company, he had technical and administrative responsibility for a large number of multidisciplinary projects, both single-client and multi-client sponsored. Mr. Frank’s areas of expertise include natural gas utilization and conversion, the petrochemical industry, the refining and petrochemical interface, and alternative fuels. He also directed Chem Systems’ Financial Practice, which provided assistance to lenders in assessing the various risks associated with the financing of major international energy, petrochemical, and polymer projects. Prior to joining Chem Systems, Mr. Frank was involved in process evaluation, process engineering, and the startup of many of Halcon/SD’s proprietary processes at Scientific Design Company. Mr. Frank received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University.
Oil and Gas Industry News / Posted on October 18, 2018October 18, 2018 / Marshall Frank

UK Competition for Renewable Flight and Freight Fuels

My July 3, 2018 blog, Municipal Solid and Forestry Waste Projects Now Delivering Transportation Fuels, described several projects in the US based on producing either […] Read More

Oil and Gas Industry News / Posted on August 23, 2018August 23, 2018 / Marshall Frank

Bioisobutanol as a Gasoline Additive Receives Big Boost

On June 12, EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt, in a letter to Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC, a joint venture of BP and DuPont, announced the registration […] Read More

Oil and Gas Industry News / Posted on July 3, 2018 / Marshall Frank

Municipal Solid and Forestry Waste Projects Now Delivering Transportation Fuels

In my Dec. 13, 2016 blog, Renewable Jet Fuel Tested on a Commercial Airline, I described research taking place at Washington State University involved in […] Read More

Oil and Gas Industry News / Posted on April 19, 2018April 19, 2018 / Marshall Frank

California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Attracts Cellulosic Ethanol

My October 12, 2016 blog, California Leads the Way in Reducing Carbon Emissions, described California’s LCFS in requiring petroleum refiners and producers to reduce by 2020 […] Read More

Oil and Gas Industry News / Posted on December 12, 2017April 5, 2018 / Marshall Frank

China has Bold Plans to Reduce Air Pollution

Air pollution is a major issue in China. A recent study by Berkeley Earth links polluted air in China to 1.6 million deaths a year. […] Read More

Oil and Gas Industry News / Posted on October 11, 2017April 5, 2018 / Marshall Frank

Renewable Fuel Standard Update

On July 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its proposed Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) for 2018 including biomass-based diesel for 2019. The following […] Read More

Oil and Gas Industry News / Posted on July 12, 2017April 5, 2018 / Marshall Frank

Diesel Exhaust Fluid: Fastest Growing Non-Fertilizer Use for Urea

Diesel Exhaust Fluid, DEF, is a mixture of urea at 32.5% and deionized water at 67.5%. It is used in vehicles with heavy duty diesel […] Read More

Oil and Gas Industry News / Posted on May 23, 2017April 5, 2018 / Marshall Frank

International Testing of a Carbon Capture Technology

According to the latest US Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report, electricity generation is the largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for 30 % of the […] Read More

Oil and Gas Industry News / Posted on March 2, 2017April 5, 2018 / Marshall Frank

Montreal Protocol Amended to Phase-Out Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)

Last October, the 197 signatories to the Montreal Protocol met in Kigali, Rwanda, and reached an agreement to limit the use of hydrofluorocarbons. HFCs were […] Read More

Oil and Gas Industry News / Posted on January 27, 2017April 5, 2018 / Marshall Frank

New Gas-To-Liquid Alternatives

Presently there are only six full-scale Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) plants operating in the world and all of these are based on the process discovered […] Read More

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