Methanol
Methanol is a versatile chemical building block and clean-burning fuel, produced primarily from natural gas. It is used in formaldehyde production, fuel blending, MTBE/TAME manufacturing, and increasingly as a marine fuel alternative. Global production capacity exceeds 160 million tons per year.
- AA Grade
- Chemical Grade
- Fuel Grade
- FOB
- CIF
- CFR
Methanol, in brief.
- Common origins
- Iran
- Saudi Arabia
- Trinidad and Tobago
- China
- Russia
- Common destinations
- China
- Europe
- United States
- India
- Japan
- Grades and specifications
- AA Grade
- Chemical Grade
- Fuel Grade
- Incoterms
- FOB
- CIF
- CFR
- Unit of measure
- Metric Tons
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