balance. Thus, during the past 20 years, natural gas recorded the highest growth rate among fossil fuels, and its share in the energy market has gradually risen from 18.9% in 1975 to 23.1% in 1995. 98iO3730 Transformations in the world gas industry Maisonnier, G. Gaz d'Aujourd'hui, 1997, 121, (5), 278-285. The three main trends that shape the world gas industry today are mergers, privatizations and deregulation: mergers in North America that have lead to the constitution of new 'BTU giants'; privatizations not only in Latin America but also in Central Europe, opening the way to new alliances; and the deregulation in process within the European Union. At a world-wide level, the gas industry, influenced by political, legislative and administrative events has experienced many dramatic transformations. A comparison between these three relatively independent regions (North America, Latin America and Europe) in terms of gas supply might prove very instructive in efforts to forecast the future or maybe to avoid mistakes of the past.
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Activity of catalyst BT-1 under conditions of liquidphase methanol synthesis
Nowicki, L. et al. Przem. Chem., 1997, 76, (ll), 476-478. (In Polish) Under simulated industrial conditions in a stirred autoclave, the kinetics of the methanol synthesis from synthesis gas an the BT-1 catalyst (copperzinc-manganese-aluminium) suspended in fatty alcohols were studied. BT-1 activity was found to be similar to that of other copper catalysts. 93lcI3732 Apparatus for production of generator gas from waste wood or plant raw materials