Methanex to move methanol plant to Geismar
Methanex Corp. has let a contract to Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. to provide engineering services in the possible relocation of a methanol plant from Chile to Geismar, La.
Methanex said last month it had secured a 225-acre site at Geismar and planned to move an idle plant from Chile, where it has supported exploration and production to secure natural gas feedstock (OGJ Online, Apr. 20, 2011).
It has four plants in the South American country with combined capacity of 3.8 million tonnes/year. Financial reports indicate two of the plants, one with capacity of 882,000 tpy and the other with 840,000 tpy, were offline in fourth-quarter 2011.
Methanex expects the relocated plant to start up in second-half 2014.
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Bob Tippee has been chief editor of Oil & Gas Journal since January 1999 and a member of the Journal staff since October 1977. Before joining the magazine, he worked as a reporter at the Tulsa World and served for four years as an officer in the US Air Force. A native of St. Louis, he holds a degree in journalism from the University of Tulsa.
