Valero makes big splash into methanol

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New York-US refiner Valero Energy will build one of the world's largest methanol plants at its St. Charles, Louisiana, refinery, a company official said Thursday. The $600 million-$700 million project will add a 1.6 million tons/year methanol plant at the 270,000 b/d refinery by the end of the first quarter of 2016, spokesman Bill Day said.