Carbon Sciences has stated that the long-term job creation in the U.S can be helped by the investment in gas-to-liquids (GTL (News - Alert)) technologies.

With the potential of creating thousands of permanent, high-paying jobs, gas-to-liquids is a technology that makes liquid transportation fuels and other valuable products out of natural gas instead of crude oil. Royal Dutch Shell has a working facility in Qatar that has created a virtual city and employs 35,000 workers.

To build a $10 billion GTL plant, creating 5,000 total jobs, Sasol, a South African company, recently announced an agreement with the state of Louisiana for a feasibility study, the company stated in a press release.

“The number one challenge facing the country today is job creation,” said Byron Elton, CEO of Carbon Sciences in a company press release. “No industry has a better story to tell right now than natural gas exploration and development. While gas resources are generating new jobs by the tens of thousands, GTL operations would increase that number exponentially.”

Offering the first step in making liquid transportation fuels from natural gas, Carbon Sciences, based in Santa Barbara, Calif., is developing a proprietary catalyst for the dry reforming of methane into synthetic or syngas.

The catalyst and process offer important advantages over existing catalysts and technologies. Firstly, reducing feedstock cost, CO2 is used as part of the carbon feed in lieu of natural gas, the company claimed.

Recently, the company announced plans to bring its new technology to the market. After extensive commercial testing, the company believes it has developed the key catalyst that the energy industry has been searching for -- a catalyst for the dry reforming of methane (CH4) from natural gas and carbon dioxide (CO2) to produce synthetic gas (syngas).

The syngas can then be used to produce gasoline and other fuels. After productive discussions with potential strategic partners, the company’s business model is now clear.