Not only trial runs. See this http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/news/south-africa-has-a-way-to-make-oil-from-coal-446384/ http://www.post-gazette.com

Not only trial runs. See this http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/news/south-africa-has-a-way-to-make-oil-from-coal-446384/ http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/news/south-afri... . This is a faciltiy that works, operated by Sasol. They plan to build a 80k barrel/day facility in China. PS. noteworthy in the article is the mentioning of Obama, who was pushing for such a coal-to-oil technology to be brought to US.