The Methanol-to-Gasoline（MTG） Process is based on the Mobil-discovered Zeolite Catalyst(ZSM-5) and is a new and viable route for producing high quality and high octane gasoline from methanol. ZSM-5 class zeolites possess a unique channel structure and the intermediate size of these channels are just wide enough to produce hydrocarbons boiling in the gasoline range. This rsults in the superior yield of gasoline to that by Fischer-Tropsch process.
Another significance of MTG process consists in a new route to gasoline in terms of methanol from non-petroleum such as coal, natural gas and biomass. Consequently this process, which uses much cheaper raw materials, is expected to be promising as oil price rises up.