The Saudi Methanol Co., known as Ar-Razi, has announced plans to launch a 1.7 million-ton-per-annum (TPA) methanol project in May in Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia. This will be Ar-Razi’s fifth methanol unit and also one of the largest. The unit is being constructed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which now operates four methanol units in Al Jubail. Ar-Razi is a 50:50 joint venture enterprise between Japanese Mitsubishi Gas Chemical and Saudi Basic Industries.