36 Year Veteran of Oil & Gas Industry Will Help Company Accelerate Commercialization of Novel Technology to Convert Unused Gas Streams Into Marketable Commodities
ROSELLE, IL, Mar 11, 2013 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from
carbon-containing gases, announced the appointment of Datuk Ir. (Dr)
Abdul Rahim Hj Hashim, the current President of the Malaysian Gas
Association, former Chief Executive of PETRONAS Oil Refinery and a 36
year oil and gas industry veteran to its board of directors.
"As we take our technology further into the fuel production value
chain, Datuk Rahim's extensive leadership experience in the oil and
gas industry will be incredibly valuable," said Jennifer Holmgren,
CEO of LanzaTech. "In addition to the significant potential to create
marketable commodities from industrial waste streams containing
carbon monoxide, we are seeing increasing opportunity to leverage our
technology with underutilized, or otherwise unusable gas streams."
Datuk Rahim, the President of the Malaysian Gas Association, began
his career in PETRONAS soon after graduating from the University of
Birmingham, UK in electrical and electronics engineering. Throughout
his 36 years of involvement in the oil and gas industry, he has held
a number of high profile positions of increasing responsibility. As
Vice President at PETRONAS for 10 years, he covered three different
portfolios: Vice President of Human Resource Management for the
PETRONAS Group for four years; vice president of the Gas Business for
three years and Vice President for Research and Technology for three
years. In addition, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of
PETRONAS Oil Refinery (Melaka) Sdn Bhd as well as Managing Director
and Chief Executive Officer of Malaysian Refining Company Sdn Bhd
(MRC).
While serving in PETRONAS, he also held several key positions in a
variety of gas industry organizations, both in Malaysia and at an
international level including serving as President of the Asia
Pacific Natural Gas Vehicle Association (ANGVA) and President of the
International Gas Union (IGU). A professional engineer, Datuk Rahim
serves on the Board of Engineers (BOE), Malaysia and also the
Chairman of the Engineering Accreditation Council (EAC) Malaysia. He
is also an Associate Member of the American Institute of Chemical
Engineers. In 1997, he completed the Advanced Management Program at
Harvard Business School.
"I've been very impressed with the progress LanzaTech has made to
date developing and scaling its core technology to convert waste
gases into renewable fuels and chemicals," said Datuk Rahim. "I look
forward to helping the company extend that platform into new
feedstocks, including CO2, methane and other carbon sources as well
as new end products."
In 2012, LanzaTech partnered with PETRONAS to develop new approaches
to effectively capture carbon, with an initial focus on using CO2
from a variety of sources including refinery off gases and natural
gas wells to produce acetic acid, a high value chemical with
applications in the polymers and plastics markets.
About LanzaTech
LanzaTech is a leader in gas fermentation technology. It provides
novel and economic routes to fuels and high value chemicals from
waste gas streams. LanzaTech's unique process provides a sustainable
pathway to produce platform chemicals that serve as building blocks
to products that have become indispensable in our lives such as
rubber, plastics, synthetic fibers and fuels.
LanzaTech's technology solutions mitigate carbon emissions from
industry without impacting adversely food or land security.
Currently commissioning a second pre-commercial facility in China
using steel mill off gases for ethanol production, LanzaTech, a
company founded in New Zealand, is now a global organization with
full commercial operation targeted for 2014.
More information is
available at www.lanzatech.com
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