Netherlands-based fertilizer company OCI N.V. announced today it will build a new greenfield world-scale methanol plant in Beaumont, Texas. The 5,000-metric-tons-per-day facility is expected to come online in late 2016. It will be the largest methanol plant in the United States when completed. OCI N.V. is no stranger to the U.S. market - it has an integrated methanol and ammonia facility in Beaumont and recently built a nitrogen fertilizer complex in Iowa. According to a company press release, the project will support 3,000 construction jobs and OCI intends to create 240 permanent jobs.
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