Eco Innovation Group (OTC: ECOX) has released a CEO interview outlining the commercialisation roadmap for Kepler GTL Technologies, whose patented modular gas-to-liquids system converts stranded or flared natural gas into synthetic sustainable aviation fuel, clean diesel, and NAPHTHA — without requiring new agricultural or waste-fat feedstock infrastructure.
The technology is designed for deployment in regions where natural gas is underutilised or routinely flared — capturing a waste emissions stream and converting it into transportation fuel. With IATA projecting global SAF demand will need to reach 449 billion litres by 2050 against a current supply base that covers less than 1% of aviation fuel consumption, Kepler’s flared-gas pathway addresses both an emissions problem and a supply shortfall simultaneously.
“With SAF mandates accelerating in Europe and global demand rising sharply, every gallon we can produce is immediately absorbed by the market. Once our first plant is operational, the economics are compelling — it becomes a long-term cash-generating asset.”
“Kepler GTL’s gas-to-liquids and coal-to-liquids technologies together enable the production of low-cost synthetic fuels, including sustainable aviation fuel, clean diesel and NAPHTHA. With SAF mandates accelerating in Europe and global demand rising sharply, every gallon we can produce is immediately absorbed by the market. Once our first plant is operational, the economics are compelling — it becomes a long-term cash-generating asset and positions us as a highly attractive strategic acquisition target for major energy or fuel companies,” said Brent Nelson, CEO of Kepler GTL Technologies.
ECOX is pursuing a reverse merger and share exchange with Kepler GTL, with transaction milestones including due diligence completion, definitive agreement execution, audit completion, and SEC registration. The companies describe priority commercialisation regions as areas where natural gas is stranded or routinely flared — a profile that applies to major oil-producing regions across Africa, the Middle East, and parts of North America and Central Asia where SAF supply infrastructure does not exist.
The flared-gas-to-SAF approach is differentiated from the dominant HEFA pathway, which relies on used cooking oil, animal fats, and waste lipids as feedstock. HEFA currently accounts for the majority of global SAF production but faces scaling constraints as competing demand for waste fats tightens supply. A gas-to-liquids route that targets stranded gas — energy that would otherwise be burned off — represents a genuinely additive feedstock pool.
Kepler GTL has no operational plants yet. The company is at an early commercialisation stage and the ECOX transaction remains subject to standard securities caveats. But if the technology performs at commercial scale as described, it offers an SAF pathway that scales in geographies where current production cannot reach.
Source: GlobeNewswire
