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INTRODUCTION

production capacity of about 100 million metric tons (almost 33 billion gallons or 90 billion
litres), and each day more than 100,000 tons of methanol is used as a chemical feedstock or
as a transportation fuel (60 million gallons or 225 million litres). Methanol is also a truly global
commodity, and each day there is more than 80,000 metric tons of methanol shipped from one
continent to another [24].
The global methanol demand, growth and future projection up to 2018 is shown in the Fig. 1
and Table 5.

FIG. 1

Global Methanol Industry Demand [130]

100

80

60
mn t 40

20

0
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Europe North America South America
Russia/CIS Middle East/Africa SEA/Oceania
Northeast Asia

TABLE 5
Growth in Global Methanol Demand (*1000 Ton) [131]

Country 2014 2015 E 2016 E 2017 E 2018 E TOTAL
Asia 7,467 10,034 8,214 6,794 7,446 39,955
North America 364 166 144 142 139 955
South Africa 19 8 28 45 53 153
Europe 63 116 149 163 163 654
Russia 17 3 44 64 65 193
Middle East 74 99 156 71 72 472
Africa 11 2 7 11 11 42
TOTAL 8,015 10,428 8742 7290 7949 42,424

It may be seen (Table 5) that the global demand is practically fuelled by North East Asia.
Accordingly, the demand growth is also very high in this region.

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