据安迅思休斯敦12月10日消息，特立尼达和多巴哥新建甲醇工厂的建设工作已经处于最终阶段，预计最早将在2019年中期建成投产。
据该甲醇工厂的业主加勒比天然气化学有限公司(CGCL)的一份声明，公司位于特立尼达西南部拉布雷阿的100万吨/年新建甲醇工厂已经完工90%。该工厂还将包括2万吨/年二甲醚(DME)产能。
最初预计，这个投资10亿美元的项目将于12月初完工。该项目的业主是由三菱商事、三菱瓦斯化学、三菱重工、特立尼达国有公用事业公司和总部位于特立尼达的Massy控股公司组建的合资公司CGCL。
CGCL没有提到最终完工日期，但表示该厂正处于预调试阶段，由于施工延误，原计划2019年3月的开工日期已推迟至6月份。
特立尼达长期存在的天然气供应问题一直是主要集中在利萨斯角港口工业区的石化工业发展的一个主要障碍，但这个新建甲醇工厂位于利萨斯角港口工业区以南28英里（45公里）的拉布雷阿。
唐绍红 摘译自 ICIS
原文如下：
Trinidad methanol plant almost finished; start-up mid-2019
Construction of a new methanol plant in Trinidad and Tobago is in the final stages and could start up as early as mid-2019.
The 1m tonne/year plant at La Brea, in southwestern Trinidad, is 90% finished, according to a statement from owner Caribbean Gas Chemical Limited (CGCL). The plant will also include 20,000 tonne/year capacity for dimethyl ether (DME).
Construction originally was expected to wind up by early December CGCL did not cite a final completion date but said the plant is in the “pre-commissioning phase” and that the original March 2019 start-up date has been pushed to June because of construction delays.
Long-standing gas supply problems in Trinidad have been a major obstacle for the island’s petrochemical industry headquartered at the Point Lisas Industrial Estate, but the new methanol project at La Brea is 28 miles (45 km) south.
