Ramin Abhari

Tulsa, OK United States

Chemical Engineer

Chemicals

In many ways, the emerging synthetic/alternative fuels industry today resembles the petroleum refining industry of the 1920's, or the organic chemicals industry of the 1950's. Then, as now, the market-technology dynamics changed the rules and let new players enter the "big boys" game of fuels and chemicals. The new players then included technology innovators with their novel processes, and investors seeking to profit from the rapidly growing markets for fuels and chemicals. Ultimately the success of companies was not determined by size, but by market vision, technical innovation, and patenting strategy. The market drivers for synthetic fuels today are green house gas reduction, lo...