Reforming U.S. Natural Gas to Manufacture High Value Methanol for Domestic Use and Global Export
LCM will utilize Topsoe’s modern, efficient SynCOR™ technology to produce methanol from U.S. natural gas. The new state-of-the-art, world-scale facility will manufacture 3.6 million metric tons of methanol per year, using Haynesville formation natural gas.
Methanol is a foundational liquid chemical critical to expanding domestic chemical manufacturing, supporting downstream industries, and creating a secure domestic supply base for fuels and chemicals. A domestic, world-scale methanol resource on the U.S. Gulf Coast is strategically essential to ensuring secure, long-term methanol supplies for U.S. pharmaceutical, medical, plastics, automotive, housing, and other vital industries.
When completed, LCM will be the 5th-largest global producer, increasing U.S. production by over 30% and reasserting U.S. leadership. LCM’s methanol will be used domestically by vital industries and exported globally, helping reduce U.S. trade deficits.
“We are unabashedly pursuing a policy of more American energy production and infrastructure, not less. Our goal is to re-industrialize America, not de-industrialize America.”
“We need pharmaceuticals. We need KSMs—the key starter materials. We need the chemical ingredients.”