Asia’s Firming Grip on World Methanol Markets

Reserve the Best Chance to Meet the Asian Methanol Industry “Up Close and Personal”  

In the latter half of 2010, the world’s methanol industry remains keenly focused on Asia. The region, led by China, is leveraging the current low btu cost of methanol to develop its use in energy applications, including DME, gasoline blends, methanol to olefins (MTO), methanol to gasoline (MTG), direct combustion of methanol, biodiesel, and fuel cells. At the same time, methanol consumption into basic chemical products (including formaldehyde and acetic acid) are still expected to exhibit notable growth as well. This leadership in use is creating business and technology opportunities all around the vast geography of Asia. In addition, with several new facilities, Asia is now the largest methanol producing region globally. A spurt of capacity globally is reliant on China's success in these markets, As such, it is now more than ever important to understand the potential outcomes of methanol as an energy outlet.