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Methanol plant to start up its operations by mid of 2019 in Trinidad

Trinidad based Methanol plant will soon start the commercial production in 2019. The plant has the production capacity of 1 mln tonne/year based at La Bera in Trinidad. The plant will also include 20,000 tonne/year capacities for dimethyl ether (DME). Construction originally was expected to wind up by early December on the $1bn project, which is a joint venture between three Mitsubishi firms (Mitsubishi Corp, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Trinidad's state-run utility and Trinidad-based Massy Holdings. CGCL did not cite a final completion date but said the plant is in the “pre-commissioning phase” and that the original March 2019 start-up date has been pushed to June because of construction delays. Long-standing gas supply problems in Trinidad have been a major obstacle for the island’s petrochemical industry headquartered at the Point Lisas Industrial Estate, but the new methanol project at La Brea is 28 miles (45 km) south.