G2X starts US methanol project, chooses site in Louisiana for natgas-to-gasoline facility

G2X Energy (Houston) has broken ground for its Pampa Fuels project, the first methanol plant to be built in the United States in decades, according to company officials. A developer of natural gas-to-gasoline projects, G2X separately announced plans to build a $1.3-billion natural gas–to-gasoline facility in Louisiana. Located in Pampa, TX, the 65,000-m.t./year natural gas–to-methanol plant is expected begin full-scale production in the second quarter of 2014. Southern Chemical (Houston) will market the methanol to customers in North Texas and Oklahoma under...

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