Methanol

One focal point in plant construction is methanol, a source material for the chemical industry and a high octane fuel. Our most important customer in this area is Methanol Holdings Trinidad Limited (MHTL). With the help of our plants they have been able to grow to become the second largest manufacturer of methanol in the world over the past 13 years.

The company ships the majority of its products to the USA. The local industry there uses the material to produce adhesives and resins for the construction industry, plastics (e.g. PET), paints and silicones. Last year we handed over the largest methanol plant in the world (M5000) to our customer. For 2007 we are planning the completion of a further methanol plant in Oman. In future we also want to enable our customers to use methanol in the production of electrical energy. To this end we intend to start-up a first test plant in Trinidad.