The Baku Expo Centre hosts International Exhibition «Caspian Oil and Gas» - the major event in the oil and gas industry of the Caspian Sea region. AzMeCo Company, which is the owner of the first methanol plant in the region, is also involved in this event.
Recently construction of methanol plant in Garadagh district has been completed. Methanol production is a very promising direction of the world economy and therefore, for this purpose the state-of-the-art technologies and the most advanced equipment have been used in this production.
The synthesis of methanol from natural gas is one of the most efficient and environmental friendly available processes. Methanol is very important as a chemical feedstock. Transport vehicles running on methanol fuel having the lower combustion temperature emit slightly less carbon dioxide, and significantly less hydrocarbons and NOx compounds than their gasoline counterparts.
The most interesting in methanol is its versatility. It can be used in the classical internal combustion engines and in the specific fuel cells for generation of electricity. Hereby a smooth transition to the environmental friendly energy use may be provided. Methanol is also used in the production of many various products, such as paints, adhesives, aerosols, paints, CD-and DVD-drives, etc.
All these useful and important properties of methanol have formed the basis for the idea of establishment of a plant for its production in Azerbaijan. According to the Chairman of the Board of AzMeCo Mr. Nizami Piriyev, soon the plant will be able to start the process and achieve the project production capacity of 560 thousand tons. Then the plant’s capacity will be increased to 720 thousand tons, which should be achieved by re-processing of carbon dioxide (CO2) during the primary production.
The plant’s operation is extremely automated and all process control is carried out from the control room by operators, who have passed half-year trainings conducted by leading foreign specialists. They will continuously monitor the production of methanol, the conditions of the equipment, the level of pressure, and other parameters using 6 computer-based control systems. The whole safety and control system at the plant has been mounted by American Honeywell International Inc. being one of the most famous in this area.
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