Celanese soon make an significant expansion of its Methanol capacity at its Clear Lake acetyl intermediates manufacturing facility in Pasadena, Texas. The approval has been granted from the board of directors of Fairway Methanol joint venture (JV) with Japan’s Mitsui & Co for a second phase expansion. The new expansion will increase the production to 1.7mtonnes/year. Earlier this unit was commissioned in 2015with a capacity of 1.3mtonnes/year. The existing methanol unit utilises low-cost natural gas in the US Gulf Coast region as a feedstock.The JV operates as Fairway Methanol LLC, with both Celanese and Mitsui maintaining a 50/50 ownership.
