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Methanol Mega-Project in Sinaloa Seen Boosting U.S. Natural Gas Exports to Mexico’s West Coast

Natural Gas Intelligence · last updated

More natural gas demand is set to come from Mexico’s west coast with the announcement of Pacífico Mexinol, a giant methanol facility in Sinaloa state.

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Houston-based Transition Industries LLC has signed an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract to develop the plant with an international consortium that includes Samsung E&A Co. Ltd., Grupo Samsung E&A México SA de CV, and Techint Ingeniería y Construcción.

The Pacífico Mexinol project would be located in Ahome, Sinaloa, and would produce 350,000 tons of green methanol and 1.8 million tons of blue methanol, which is derived from natural gas using carbon capture and storage.

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