Modec signed the “joint 
development and testing agreement” in partnership with clean fuels technology 
company Velocys and Toyo 
Engineering Corporation.

The agreement provides for the construction and operation of an integrated pilot GTL plant in Fortaleza, north­eastern Brazil, Modec said.

The plant will incorporate the Velocys’ microchannel 
reactor and catalyst technologies for the steam methane 
reforming and Fischer-Tropsch sections of the plant, Modec said.

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