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Methanex, Geopark and Winterhall sign agreement to participate in the upcoming gas bidding round in southern Chile

25-Jul-2007 - Methanex Corporation announced that it has signed a cooperation agreement with Wintershall and GeoPark Holdings Limited for the joint evaluation and bidding for upstream gas development concessions in the upcoming Bidding Round developed by the Chilean Government. The Bidding Round, which has ...

Chile gas Methanol

Methanex and GeoPark announce long agreement on gas supply and development in Chile

09-Mar-2007 - Methanex Corporation announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with GeoPark Holdings Limited, which would provide for the long term supply, development and acquisition of new natural gas reserves in Chile. This MOU includes a ten year gas supply and purchase commitment from GeoPark's ...

Chile gas gas supply

Methanex to participate in China DME with Xinao Group

08-Nov-2006 - Methanex and China's XinAo Group have entered into a long-term arrangement under which Methanex will, beginning in late 2007, supply an initial quantity of approximately 300,000 tonnes per annum of methanol to XinAo. This methanol is required for a new 200,000 tonne di-methyl ether (DME) ...

China Garner Aldehyde gas

Methanex's New Zealnd methanol plant resumes production

18-Aug-2006 - Methanex Corporation has re-started its 530,000 tonne per year Waitara Valley methanol plant located in New Zealand. This plant is operated by Methanex as a flexible asset. The operation of this plant is dependant upon methanol industry supply/demand dynamics and the availability of natural gas ...

gas logistics Methanol

Methanex secures more natural gas for New Zealand plant

09-Mar-2006 - Methanex Corporation announced that it has secured approximately six petajoules of additional natural gas feedstock for its 530,000 tonne per year methanol plant in New Zealand. This gas, combined with existing gas entitlements, will enable the New Zealand plant to produce approximately 230,000 ...

Methanol New Zealand

Methanex and Univar agree to long-term methanol supply arrangement

12-Jan-2006 - Methanex Corporation and Univar Canada Ltd. have reached a long-term agreement under which Methanex has become the exclusive methanol supplier to Univar in Western Canada. Methanex's Director, North American Marketing & Logistics, Joe Caudell, commented, "We have converted our Kitimat site into ...

logistics Methanol

Methanex to advance the shut down of two high cost methanol plants

04-Oct-2005 - Methanex announced that it plans to permanently cease production of methanol and ammonia at its Kitimat site on November 1, 2005, approximately two months earlier than the previously announced closure date of early January 2006. This is as a result of an agreement reached with Mitsui & Co., Ltd., ...

ammonia gas Methanol

Methanex annouces plans to close Kitimat plant

02-Sep-2005 - Methanex President and CEO Bruce Aitken announced that Methanex plans to close its Kitimat facilities in early January 2006. During an employee briefing in Kitimat, Mr. Aitken informed employees that it was no longer economically viable to continue to operate the methanol plant. The associated ...

ammonia Methanol

Methanex's new Chile IV plant reaches 85% production

07-Jul-2005 - Methanex announced that its new 840,000 tonnes per year Chile IV methanol plant has reached its "technical production" milestone. This means that the plant produced on-specification methanol at a rate of 85% of its design capacity. Methanex's President and C.E.O., Mr. Bruce Aitken, commented, ...

Chile gas

Methanex and BP to proceed with the Construction of the Methanol Facility

29-Aug-2001 - Methanex Corporation and BP have approved proceeding with the construction of the 1.7 million tonne per year Atlas methanol facility. Atlas will be located in Trinidad next to the Titan plant in which Methanex has a 10% ownership interest. Methanex will own 63.1% and BP 36.9% of Atlas which is ...

gas Methanol
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