据安迅思休斯敦1月8日消息，2019年美洲计划投产两座新建甲醇工厂，一座位于美国，另一座位于特立尼达和多巴哥。

加勒比天然气化工公司位于特立尼达和多巴哥的100万吨/年新建甲醇工厂最早可能在2019年年中投产。

尽管该新建甲醇项目的所有者看到了明显的优势，但目前尚不清楚，该项目能否避免特立尼达长期以来困扰石化生产商的天然气供应问题。

另一个预计将投产的新甲醇项目是美国甲醇公司位于美国西弗吉尼亚州查尔斯顿的20万吨/年甲醇生产装置。该公司表示，由于压缩机故障导致长达一年的延期，该项目将于2019年年底投产。

庞晓华 摘译自 ICIS

原文如下：

Two new methanol units starting in the Americas

Two new methanol plants are scheduled to start up in 2019 in the Americas, one in the US and the other in Trinidad and Tobago.

The largest methanol project, Caribbean Gas Chemical’s 1m tonne/year plant in Trinidad and Tobago, could start up as early as mid-2019.

Whether the new project will avoid Trinidad’s long-standing natural gas supply problems that have plagued petrochemical producers, it is unknown, though the owners of the project see a distinct advantage.

Another new methanol project expected to start up next year is US Methanol’s 200,000 tonne/year Liberty One unit at Charleston, West Virginia, which the company says should operate in late 2019 because of a year-long delay related to a compressor malfunction.