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Methanol markets & outlook for Oman shared at upcoming
5th Methanol Markets & Tech meet...

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Dear [name],

The 5th Methanol Markets & Tech conference, held under the patronage of HE Maqbool bin Ali bin Sultan, Minister of Commerce & Industry-Sultanate of Oman highlights latest developments in Global Methanol markets and its derivatives, with focus on Oman’s Methanol production, and an exclusive update on the Salalah Methanol Company’s ambitious methanol production facility.

Salalah Methanol Company (SMC) began receiving natural gas supplies at its giant complex within the Salalah Free Zone in end 2009, marking a key phase in the development of the world-scale project.  With the arrival of natural gas, the state-of-the-art facility enters the commissioning phase ahead of commercial production scheduled for early 2010.

The country’s first methanol project, run by Oman Methanol Company LLC at the Port of Sohar, commenced operations in October 2007.  Both ventures will take the Sultanates’ combined methanol production capacity to an impressive two million tonnes per year.

[name], at 5th Methanol Markets & Tech, you will get to hear updates from Oman’s two Major Methanol producers including:

• Oman Methanol Company LLC: Richard M. Preece, Chief Executive Officerwill discussOMC’s Perspective of Setting up and Operating Methanol Plant
• Salalah Methanol: Awadh Hassan Al Shanfari, General Manager will provide Commercial and Production details on the Salalah Methanol Project, and N.V Subramani, Reliability Manager will talk about “Re-writing Reformer Tube Specification Requirements”,touching on a key operational challenge and solution.

You’ll also get to hear from Sohar Environmental Unit, a new outfit formed in January 2009, and tasked with introducing international environmental safety standards in the industrial zone around Sohar. Sohar Environmental Unit was to address concerns about the environmental and social impact of pollution from Sohar's multi-billion-dollar industrial investments.

Ibrahim Wadwadi, an Environmental Inspector at Sohar Environmental Unit will share an update on their program to “Ensure International Environmental Safety Standards in Methanol & Downstream Production”.

Don’t miss out on this essential Oman Methanol industry update at the 5th Methanol Markets & Tech conference on 23-24 Feb, 2010. Send in your registrations via our online form; click on the button below to access…

I look forward to receiving your registrations!

Sources:
http://www.downstreamtoday.com/news/article.aspx?a_id=19035&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidZAWYA20090124041935/Sohar%20Environmental%20Unit%20starts%20operations/