Jacobs Awarded Contract for Methanex Plant Relocation

Jacobs Engineering says it has received a contract from Methanex, the world’s leading supplier of methanol, to provide engineering services for a methanol project in Louisiana. Methanex announced in January 2012 that it plans to relocate a methanol plant from Chile to Geismar, LA (CW, Jan. 16/23, p. 13). The plant, which is currently idle, is expected to start up at Geismar in the second half of 2014. “The U.S. Gulf Coast is a prime location for a methanol facility, especially since demand for methanol is expected to grow in the coming years,” says Mike...

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