Conversion of U.S. Natural Gas into Low Carbon Intensity Methanol
LCM will produce low-carbon methanol, or “Blue Methanol,” from natural gas. LCM’s methanol product will be much less carbon-intensive than traditional methanol produced without carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) or other carbon-reduction technologies.
The technology employed by LCM represents the next generation of clean energy, incorporating advanced autothermal reformer (ATR) technology and CCS. The Project will capture and permanently sequester about 1 million metric tons of CO2 per year through enhanced oil recovery (EOR) or in other geologic formations.
Using advanced ATR technology with CCS, LCM’s carbon intensity is expected to be at the very bottom of the carbon intensity range for commercial-scale production and significantly better than that of traditional methanol plants. LCM will use technology that reduces carbon emissions in hydrogen production by 99%, resulting in a low-carbon-intensity methanol product.
