Altona Energy Regulatory News (ANR)

14 May 2009 14:00



Altona Energy Plc / Index: AIM / Epic: ANR / Sector: Exploration & Production

14th May 2009

Altona Energy Plc ('Altona' or 'the Company')

Investor Relations Presentation

Altona Energy plc, the Australian based energy company, announces that the latest Investor Relations Presentation of the Company is now available to view.

To view the full presentation, please click on the following link or paste into your web browser:

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/2661S_1-2009-5-14.pdf

A copy of the presentation will be available on the Company's website at www.altonaenergy.com.

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About Altona

Altona Energy Plc is an Australian based energy Company that listed on the AIM market of London Stock Exchange in March 2005. Altona's primary focus to date has been the completion of a bankable feasibility study for its wholly owned Arckaringa Project for an integrated 10 million barrel per year Coal to Liquid ('CTL') plant with a 560 MW co-generation power facility. 

The Company holds, through its wholly owned subsidiary Arckaringa Energy Pty Ltd, a 100% interest in three exploration licences covering 2,500 sq. kms in the northern portion of the Permian Arckaringa Basin in South Australia. These include three coal deposits, Westfield (EL3360), Wintinna (EL3361) and Murloocoppie (EL3362). All three lie close to the Adelaide to Darwin railway and the Stuart Highway. Containing more than 7.5 billion tonnes of coal (based on non JORC standards) these coal deposits are effectively one of the world's largest undeveloped energy banks, capable of conversion into clean liquid fuels, low cost power and high value industrial feedstocks.

About Coal-to-Liquids (also see www.altonaenergy.com)

CTL is a proven technology which converts coal into more environmentally clean and manageable energy sources including gas and synthetic fuels. The process involves two major stages, gasification to produce synthetic gas ("Syngas") rich in hydrogen and carbon, and a liquefication stage where the Syngas is reacted over a catalyst to produce high quality, ultraclean synthetic fuels and chemical feedstocks. 

CTL is a prime example of clean coal technology - the associated combined cycle units produce negligible sulphur oxides, significantly less nitrogen oxides and 10 - 20% less CO2 per unit of power generated than a conventional coal fired plant, whilst carbon capture and storage offers the potential to reduce the overall greenhouse gas emissions from CTL to below the "well to wheel" level of fuels derived from crude oil.

The technology is best demonstrated in South Africa, where currently 30% of the country's gasoline and diesel fuel needs are met through CTL plants.