Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. (MGC), Mitsubishi Corp. (MC) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering (MHIENG) have teamed up with the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago (NGC) and Massy Holdings (Massy), a joint venture in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean Gas Chemical Ltd. (CGCL), to launch commercial operations of a methanol and dimethyl ether (DME) plant. The plant is located in La Brea, Union Industrial Estate. The total investment in the site is approximately $1 billion.
Caribbean Gas Chemical Ltd. (CGCL) launched commercial operations of a methanol and dimethyl ether (Source: MGC)
CGCL was established in March 2013, and it completed construction. Fueled primarily by natural gas sourced from Trinidad and Tobago, the plant has an annual production capacity of one million tons of methanol and 20,000 tons of DME. It began operating commercially on December 18, 2020.