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Ineos Acetyls and Sandpiper Chemicals announce plans for low-carbon methanol plant in Texas

This article was originally posted on Chemical Engineering Online.
Summary
INEOS Acetyls and Sandpiper Chemicals formed a strategic collaboration to develop Sandpiper’s low‑carbon methanol plant in Texas City, Texas. INEOS will become a shareholder and anchor customer, and the project is positioned as a milestone in accelerating the energy transition by supplying competitively priced low‑carbon methanol.

What technologies and feedstocks (e.g., carbon capture, renewable hydrogen, biogenic CO2) do you think they’ll use to cut emissions, and how might that affect methanol costs and adoption on the Gulf Coast?

INEOS Acetyls and Sandpiper Chemicals, LLC announced the formation of a strategic collaboration in support of Sandpiper’s low-carbon methanol production facility in Texas City, Texas. INEOS will become a shareholder and an anchor customer of Sandpiper. The project represents a significant milestone in Sandpiper’s commitment to accelerating the clean energy transition and delivering competitively priced […]

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MikeHarlan
Jun 12 at 4:00 PM
Do we know if Sandpiper’s pathway is ATR with CCS off natural gas or true e-methanol from green hydrogen and captured CO2, and what carbon intensity per ton they’re targeting under ISCC/ISO? Also, will INEOS take physically segregated low-CI methanol into acetyls or use book-and-claim, and how will Texas City grid reliability be managed so the CI stays credible year-round?
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