GLOBAL INSTALLED CAPACITY OF METHANOL

The methanol industry spans the entire globe, with production in Asia,
North and South America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Worldwide, over 90 methanol plants have a combined production
capacity of about 110 million metric tons (almost 36.6 billion gallons or
138 billion liters). According to IHS, global methanol demand reached 75
million metric tons in 2015 (24 billion gallons/91 billion liters), driven in
large part emerging energy applications for methanol which now
account for 40% of methanol consumption. Each day, nearly 200,000
tons of methanol is used as a chemical feedstock or as a transportation
fuel (67 million gallons/254 million liters). That’s enough methanol every
day to fill nearly 7,500 tanker trucks stretching end-to-end for 63 miles
or 100 kilometers.

But the methanol industry is not just those companies large and small
throughout the globe that produce methanol every day from a wide
array of feedstocks – including natural gas, coal, biomass, waste and
even waste CO2 – the industry is also made up of thousands of
distributors, technology innovators, downstream manufacturers and
service providers. The global methanol industry generates $55 billion in
economic activity each year, while creating over 90,000 jobs around the
world.
NATIONAL INSTALLED CAPACITY OF METHANOL
India is at a nascent stage in methanol production and usage, but it has a
large potential given its wide applications. There are 5 main producers of
methanol in India – Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer & Chemicals
limited, Deepak Fertilizers, Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers, Assam
Petrochemicals and National Fertilizers Limited.

Source – Ministry of Chemicals and Petrochemicals