Expansions: Transition Industries contracts Samsung E&A, Techint to build Mexican blue/green methanol project; Nayara licenses Univation tech for PE project in India

Texas-based Transition Industries LLC, a developer of world-scale, net-zero carbon emissions methanol and green hydrogen projects in North America, recently held a signing event for an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract with the consortium of Samsung E&A, Grupo Samsung E&A Mexico, S.A. de C.V., and Techint Engineering and Construction for the Pacifico Mexinol project located in Ahome, Sinaloa, Mexico, which is contingent upon the fulfillment of customary conditions precedent and obtainment of all required approvals.

Italy-based Maire group’s technology division NextChem, through its subsidiary KT Tech SpA, also signed an agreement with Samsung E&A in connection with its proprietary NX AdWinMethanolZero technology supply to the project.

Transition Industries is jointly developing the Pacifico Mexinol project with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group. When it initiates operations in 2029, Pacifico Mexinol is poised to be the largest standalone ultra-low carbon chemical production facility in the world – producing approximately 350,000 tonnes/year of green methanol and 1.8 million tonnes/year of blue methanol from carbon capture and natural gas.

“Today’s signing ceremony represents a significant milestone for the Pacifico Mexinol project, enabling us to showcase our world-class innovation and partnerships with Samsung E&A of South Korea, Techint of Mexico and Maire Group of Italy. It also puts us on track to break ground in 2025 and begin delivering on our unwavering commitment to build the world’s most sustainable large-scale project in Mexico,” says Rommel Gallo, CEO of Transition Industries.

Transition Industries expects to sign additional strategic agreements and reach significant milestones this summer. The project is expected to be presented as an example of an ultra-low carbon chemicals project at scale at COP 30 in Belem, Brazil in November 2025.

In other news, Houston’s Univation Technologies has announced that Nayara Energy Limited has selected Univation's Unipol PE process technology for a world-scale production line in Vadinar, Gujarat, India. Nayara Energy’s new polyethylene project will establish a production line with a capacity of 650,000 tonnes/year of PE.

Nayara Energy's decision underscores the Unipol PE Process' key advantages including substantial benefits in low capital investment expense (CAPEX) and highly competitive operating expense (OPEX) which ensures advantaged production economics across Nayara Energy’s entire PE production slate, adds Univation.

The PE process’s superior PE resin product flexibility allows for the manufacture of a full range of PE resins covering essential Indian PE market segments including linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE). This flexibility enables Nayara Energy with production adaptability to meet the ever-evolving India PE product market requirements.

Nathan Wiker, president of Univation Technologies, commented, “The Unipol PE Process offers a powerful mix of world-scale capacity, cost efficiency, and PE product flexibility, enabling Nayara Energy to seek and satisfy ever-evolving customer needs right now and into the future.”

Furthermore, Univation's Premier APC+ 3.0 Advanced Process Control Platform will be integrated into Nayara Energy's new polyethylene production line. This advanced process control system, specifically designed for the Unipol process, will optimise raw material yields, enable operational performance, and ensure efficient transitions between different PE resin grades.

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