OCI Ramp-Up of Methanol Capacity
OCI
...and Also Strong Position on the Methanol Global Cost Curve
Methanol global cost curve - Sep-2019 MeOH delivered cash cost to coastal
China main ports (net available capacity)¹
Low cost position attributable to advantageous
access to feedstock and distribution infrastructure
US$ per metric ton
$600
$500
$400
$300-
China Adjusted Import Prices
(CFR plus duty, throughput)
$200
OCI
BioMCN
BEAUMONT
$100-
natgasoline
$0
0
10,000
20,000
2019E China
demand
China Adjusted Domestic Prices
(Avg East/South China less VAT)
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000 70,000
Source: MMSA
Cumulative Available Capacity ('000 metric tons)
Note: Assumes 100% capacity utilization
1 Cost curve assumes delivery costs to China
Access to low cost US shale economics
OCI
BEAUMONT
Multiple ammonia and methanol pipeline customers
leading to higher netbacks
Ability to transport using 3 modes: barges, trucks and
deep sea vessels
Access to low cost US shale
economics
natgasoline
Easy access to the US Gulf export infrastructure
Adjacent to OCI Beaumont allowing for technical synergies
Access to bio-gas sourced from waste
digester plants connected to the Dutch
national natural gas grid
BioMCN
Benefits from structural decline in gas prices due to LNG
glut
Premium priced bio-methanol
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