Since it is made from natural gas reserves, it contributes to improving the diversity of supply of transport fuels and reducing dependence on petroleum products.

GTL fuel can provide a bridge to future fuels and technologies:

• It enables new ultra-efficient exhaust filter devices.
• It can be used in diesel-electric hybrid vehicles.
• The homogeneity of synthetic GTL fuel in combination with its uniquely high cetane number creates particular opportunities for advanced drive train designs. Major automotive industry players are optimistic that they can utilize the fuel’s unique properties to develop more efficient derivatives of the internal combustion engine. This can deliver potential benefits such as improved efficiency; better drive ability, lower noise level and reduced emissions.
• GTL enables a sharp decrease of pollutant emissions: Both gasoline and diesel have benefited from a continuous quality improvement process that, together with parallel development of engine technologies and exhaust after-treatment systems.
• GTL Fuel is particularly well suited for onboard reforming applications, either in conjunction with advanced internal combustion engine technology, or to produce hydrogen for fuel cell vehicles.
• GTL technology provides a platform for development of Biomass to Liquids (BTL) and Coal to Liquids (CTL) products with identical chemical composition.
• Liquid fuels have high volumetric energy density and can be stored on vehicles in unpressurized lightweight fuel tanks to maximize the range of a vehicle traveling on a tankful.