Wood Chips Would be a Fuel Feedstock at a New $2B Biofuels Facility that Could Come to Beaumont, Texas
A chemical plant outside Beaumont, Texas, could be getting a $2 billion expansion as its owner, Amsterdam-based OCI, plans to expand into renewable methanol-to-gasoline and bio-methanol production, or biofuels.
A new facility would put woodchips through a gasifier system, applying oxygen and superheated steam to yield renewable natural gas, the company said in an application with Beaumont Independent School District to reduce its tax burden. The renewable natural gas would then be used as a feedstock for OCI’s bio-methanol production.