Most of these have been locked up by Dow, which developed its Insite metallocenes for solution-based polyethylene production, and by Exxon, which commercialised metallocenes for a gas-phase polyethylene process.

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And he could make it painless: offset the gas tax by lowering payroll taxes, or phase it in over two years at 10 cents a month.

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It predicted a general decline in domestic production of natural gas through 2010, with the ultimate possibility of its phase-out as a significant fuel.

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Equipment ordered during the third quarter included two concrete batch plants and associated crushing and screening plants, and also the first phase of the power plant, including three gas turbines with a combined capacity of 120 megawatts, Thomas said.

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Now phase that up into enormous industries like the natural gas, coal or oil industry.

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Anadarko plans to build two LNG plants in Cabo Delgado in the first phase, each capable of processing five million tonnes of gas a year.

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If Japan were to phase out its nuclear power fleet, it would likely ramp up production from its natural gas-fired and coal power plants.

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