MGC brings out commercial output of bio-methanol using sewage gas

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (MGC), a Japanese petrochemical producer, has begun commercial output of bio-methanol by using sewage gas at its Niigata plant in northwest Japan’s Niigata prefecture. This is part of its efforts in the latest project to decarbonise methanol manufacturing. It buys sewage gas, consisting of methane and carbon dioxide (CO2), from Niigata prefecture’s