Analysis of the Economics of LNG and GTL Technologies in Nigeria

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TITLE PAGE DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ABSTRACT TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER 1  INTRODUCTION   1.1 BACKGROUND  1.2 NATURAL GAS AND THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY  1.3 OBJECTIVE  1.4 PROBLEM STATEMENT  
CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW     2.1 GAS UTILISATION IN NIGERIA   2.2 LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS  2.3 FISCHER TROPSCH GAS TO LIQUID TECHNOLOGY     2.3.1 SYNGAS PRODUCTION     2.3.2 FISCHER-TROPSCH PROCESS     2.3.3 PRODUCT UPGRADE      2.4 RISK PROFILE OF LNG AND FT-GTL     2.4.1 TECHNOLOGICAL RISK    2.4.2 MARKET RISK 
CHAPTER III   ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF F-T GTL AND LNG TECHNOLOGIES     3.1 RANKING OF PROJECTS  3.1.1 NET PRESENT VALUE (NPV) 3.1.2 INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN (IRR)  3.1.3 PROFITABILITY INDEX (PI)  3.1.4 BREAK-EVEN ANALYSIS 3.1.5 BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS     3.20 DEFINITION OF ECONOMIC TERMS USED  3.2.1 CASH FLOW 3.2.2 TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT (TCI) 3.2.2.1 ESTIMATING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE  3.2.3 PRODUCTION COST  3.2.4 SALES REVENUE  3.2.5 PRODUCT PRICING   3.2.6 PLANT LOAD FACTOR 3.2.7 OPERATING TIME  3.2.8 PLANT USEFUL LIFE  3.2.9 TAX RATE 3.2.10 PLANT CAPACITY  3.2.11 CONSTRUCTION AND CASH OUTFLOW   3.2.12 BASE CASE       3.3.0 GENERAL ASSUMPTIONS 
CHAPTER IV  RESULT AND DISCUSSION FOR LNG AND FT-GTL PROJECTS  4.1 PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS   4.2 SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS  4.2.1 LNG SENSITIVITIES 4.2.2 FT-GTL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS 4.3 VERIFICATION OF RESULT 
CHAPTER V   CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION  5.1 CONCLUSION  5.2 RECOMMENDATIONS      6.0 REFERENCES