Methanex Corporation awarded Jacobs Engineering Group a contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction services for a methanol production facility in Louisiana. The contract value is being estimated by officials to be USD$550 million.
The site-specific engineering and construction management for the facility is already being executed by Jacobs from their offices in Baton Rouge with support for the disassembly from its office in Santiago, Chile. The 225-acre location in Geismar, LA is expected to be operational in the second half of 2014.
Mike Autrey, Jacobs Group Vice President said, “The U.S. Gulf Coast is a prime location for this facility, especially since demand for methanol is expected to grow in the coming years. We are very pleased Methanex selected Jacobs to be a part of this project.”