Japanese contractor Toyo Engineering has won a contract to work on the Big Lake Fuels Plant, a world-scale methanol facility being built in Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA, for G2X Energy.

Toyo will provide basic and detailed engineering services. It has been subcontracted to the Proman Group which is the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the project.

Proman is an investor and strategic partner in G2X Energy, and through its affiliates, has developed more than 15 methanol, ammonia and downstream plants worldwide.

The plant will produce 1.4 million t/y of methanol and will have facilities to convert it to automotive gasoline in the future. Johnson Matthey is supplying the technology license, catalyst and technical services.

The first phase of construction started in January this year and the plant will take approximately three years to complete, giving a start-up date in 2019.

G2X Energy is a Houston, Texas-based company specializing in the development and operation of gas-to-methanol plants that convert natural gas to methanol and drop-in automotive gasoline.