EC 200-659-6
Also known as methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, and carbinol.
chemXplore tracks 50 projects involving methanol, of which 32 are active.
48 produce it and 2 use it as feedstock.
Of the active ones, 31 new construction and 1 expansion.
11 active projects carry no start-up date yet. The dates themselves, per project, are for subscribers.
Messer deal secures a 10‑year supply pact and a 30% stake in four sites; 2026 revenue guided at €12–13m; German sales accelerating strongly; €45m cash and 36 MW installed capacity.
Adjusted EBIT returned to SAR 2.17bn and adjusted net income to SAR 0.84bn; FID granted for large ammonia/urea complex, methanol feedstock allocated, and $450m divestment completed.
100 t/yr mobile demo at Mizushima converts steel by‑product gas and CO2 with H2; METI‑funded and certified by Kurashiki City; product quality matches commercial methanol.
220,000 tonnes/year biomethanol from waste wood and organic residues in Delfzijl; integrates torrefaction, gasification, syngas cleaning and methanol synthesis; roll‑out option for future sites.
Licence and engineering deal for synthesis-gas-to-methanol technology; Delfzijl plant to produce 220,000 tonnes/year; standardised Blueprint converts waste wood and organic residues into biomethanol.
Sitra aromatics complex will produce ~1.2M t/yr paraxylene and 0.5M t/yr benzene using naphtha hydrotreating, CCR platforming and LDPX aromatics processes.
MoU to assess local renewable hydrogen supply for a planned Delfzijl biomethanol plant, targeting roughly 12,000 tonnes H2 per year to boost biomethanol yields.
Net profit USD 1m; sold ammonia distribution and monetized Methanex; OCI Nitrogen impaired and facing margin pressure; held‑for‑sale net cash USD 1.05bn; NNS offer and Orascom deal progressing.
New 498 GT chemical tanker to transport and bunker methanol; initial bunkering used biomethanol from Niigata plant; methanol fuel cuts CO2 by ~17.5% vs heavy fuel oil.
Five technologies, including a 10 kW assembled aluminum‑air emergency power unit and a 500 standard m3/h methanol‑to‑hydrogen unit, were among 90 national selections.
chemXplore tracks 31 plants producing methanol in 19 countries.
plants
The 4 with the most plants, of 19 countries.
A subscription lists every plant we track for methanol, with its owners and capacity. What a subscription does →
