SCP projects

This, then, was the scene in which SCP projects were planned in Europe. The need for alternative foods and feedstuffs was clear and, in the UK and elsewhere, oil and gas seemed a plentiful and cheap resource from which to produce them. North Sea gas fields were being exploited and research had shown that natural gas or its derivatives could be used to produce SCP feed of superior protein content to conventional feedstuffs. The economics of such processes seemed very promising. In 1971 the European prices for fish meal and soya meal were 200 and 100 per ton respectively. In 1973 oil price rises and a failure in the Peruvian fish meal supply pushed these prices up to 550 and 300 respectively. With such prices for the major feedstuffs it was considered that SCP feeds could be produced competitively. 

The effects on Georgia from the implementation of the Shah Deniz and SCP projects are two-fold Firstly the SCP project will increase focus on Georgia as a beneficiary and host country because a large part of the investment in the SCP pipeline will be put on Georgia s territory. Secondly, the gas from Shah Deniz represents a new opportunity for Georgia to diversify its gas supply in the way that Russia will no longer remain the sole supplier of gas to Georgia. 

The SCP project will increase focus on Georgia as a beneficiary and host country because a large part of the investment in the SCP pipeline will be put on Georgia s territory. 

Of his many research activities only few have been mentioned In the frame of the SCP project, Cytochrome P-450 studies were carried out in connection... 

An overview of actual and potential supplies of protein from various sources is necessary to show the requirements of SCP in the protein supplement market. Development of the present status of SCP projects shows the changes during the past year. 

The following paragraphs summarize, by substrates, the status of major SCP projects. 

When comparing the South Caucasian Pipeline system for Azeri gas with the Blue Stream and the North-South Caucasus Pipelines for delivery of Turkmen gas calculations show that the best economic outcome for the Turkish consumers will be achieved by the former pipeline (SCP). The cheapest at wellhead Turkmen gas supply to Turkey and Europe using of Trans-Caspian Pipeline or the Turkmenistan-Iran-Turkey Pipelines is rather comparable, but the political isolation imposed upon Iran by the USA, and the latest agreement on delivery of the Turkmen gas to Russia make the further development prospect of these projects very doubtful. The proposed co-operation between two gas export pipeline projects the South Caucasian Pipeline system and the Trans-Caspian Pipelines - for supply to Turkey and Europe via Azerbaijan and Georgia seem to be more attractive. In that case instead of construction of new pipeline sections on the Azeri and Georgian territories, a free capacity of South Caucasian Pipeline system can be used. This may result in a reduced investment cost up to US 1000 million. 

It is, however, possible that the plan for establishing underground gas storage in Georgia may benefit form the implementation of the Shah Deniz and SCP. The effects on Georgia from a successful implementation of those 2 mega-projects are two-fold ... 

Therefore, Russia takes as a heavy blow to its vital interests the pipeline projects Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) and the South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP) that are designed to carry alternative Azeri oil and gas in bypass of Russia through the Caucasus and Turkey to the west. Russia, driven by the desire to preserve its gas market share in Europe and hold under control the Caspian gas trans-boundary energy flows appears to be particularly negative to the South Caucasus Pipeline project. Russia offers to use its yet unloaded Blue Stream pipeline under the Black Sea for carrying Azeri gas to Turkey instead of building a new and expensive grid [7]. 

In the last year, several major groups have withdrawn from SCP developments including Shell Chemical and the French, CFR group. At the same time. Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. (ICI) have postponed authorization for their major production unit. It even is rumored that they cut its projected size to 50,000 tons before presentation to their Board. On the successful completion of the ICI plant, depends potential developments in Iran and Japan. However, the situation in East Europe is more optimistic. In these countries, economic viability is enhauiced by the anticipated savings in hard currency. 

Table I comments on the present status of projects last reported in 1975 during the American Chemical Society s Symposium on SCP in Philadelphia.

In order to determine the viability of SCP development, it is necessary to understand how SCP fits into the protein supplement market and how the market is projected to develop. At this time, from hydrocarbon substrates in general, SCP is not commercially viable. With normal paraffins costing in excess of... 

ATBC, Alpha Tocopherol Beta Carotene Prevention Study CARET, Beta Carotene and Retinol Efficacy Trial LCPS, Linxian Cancer Prevention Study PHS, Physicians Health Study PPP, Primary Prevention Project SCPS, Skin Cancer Prevention Study VACP, Vitamin A and Cancer Prevention WHS, Women s Health Study CHD, Coronary Heart Disease CVD, Cardiovascular disease. 

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