U.S. DEPARTMENT OF E NERGY

OFFICE OF T RANSPORTATION

TECHNOLOGIES

NATIONAL ALTERNATIVE

F UELS H OTLINE

METHANOL

RESOURCE GUIDE

F OR A DDITIONAL I NFORMATION C ONTACT THE

N ATIONAL ALTERNATIVE F UELS H OTLINE

U PDATED A UGUST 12, 1998

P HONE : 800-423-1DOE

L OCAL / I NTERNATIONAL : 703-934-3069

F A X : 703 -934 -3183

E - MAIL : hotline@afdc.nrel.gov

FUEL DESCRIPTION Methanol (methyl alcohol) has been used as a

chemical intermediate and solvent for 100
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years, in addition to being used in consumer

products such as gasoline, antifreeze and

windshield washer fluid.

Methanol is a key ingredient in the oxygenated

MTBE, and is also sold in a 85% methanol,

15% gasoline mix (known as M-85). Neat

methanol (100%) is used as a racing fuel and

transit buses fuel, and is a promising hydrogen

source for fuel cell vehicles.

ASSOCIATIONS

American Methanol Institute

800 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 620

Washington, D.C. 20006

Contact: John Lynn, President & CEO

Phone: 202-467-5050

Fax: 202-331-9055

Email: ammethinst@aol.com

Website: www.methanol.org

Canadian Oxygenated Fuels Association

800-55 Metcalfe Avenue, Ottawa

Ontario, Canada K1P 6L5

Contact: Michael McNeil,

Executive Director

Phone: 613-567-3214

Fax: 613-567-3500

Oxygenated Fuels Association

1300 North 17th Street, Suite 1850

Arlington, VA 22209

Phone: 703-841-7100

Fax: 703-841-7720

Email: info@ofa.net

Website: www.ofa.net

FUNDING AND INCENTIVES

Clean Cities Guide to Alternative Fuel

Vehicle Incentives and Laws

Contains a listing of state, federal and private

incentives made available to encourage the

use of AFVs. (To order, call the Clean Cities

Hotline at 800-224-8437 or go to the Clean

Cities website at

www.ccities.doe.gov/documents/funding/toc.html

for an electronic version of the document.)

Internal Revenue Service Tax Publication

#535

Booklet outlines tax deductions available for

alternative fuel vehicles.

(IRS order Desk 800-829-3676)

GOVERNMENT CONTACTS

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Office of Fuel Utilization

1617 Cole Boulevard, Mail Stop 1633

Golden, CO 80401-3393

Contact: Brent Bailey, Senior Program 

Manager

Phone: 303-275-4468

Fax: 303-274-4415

Email: brent_baily@nrel.gov

Website: www.nrel.gov

NREL is one of the national laboratories

operated by the Department of Energy to

conduct research and provide information on

alternative fuels.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

National Vehicle & Fuel Emissions Laboratory

2565 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Contact: Mary Seminitis

Phone: 734-214-4516

Fax: 734-214-4573

Website:

http://earth1.epa.gov/OMSWWW/01-nvfel.htm

California Energy Commission

1516 Ninth Street, MS-41

Sacramento, CA 95814

Contact: Peter Ward, Fuel Distribution 

Program Manager

Phone: 916-654-4639

Fax: 916-653-4470

Email: energia@energy.ca.gov

Website: www.energy.ca.gov/afvs/index.html

U.S. Department of Energy

Office of Technology Utilization

1000 Independence Avenue
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Washington, D.C. 20585

Contact: David Rodgers

Phone: 202-586-7182

Fax: 202-586-1610

Website: www.ott.doe.gov

PUBLICATIONS

Alternative Fuel News (bimonthly)

National Alternative Fuels Hotline

9300 Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA 22031

Subscription Rate: Free

Phone: 1-800-423-1DOE

Fax: 703-934-3183

Email: hotline@afdc.nrel.gov

Website:

http://www.afdc.doe.gov/AltFuelNews/index.html

Clean Fuel Vehicle Week (weekly)

Energy West Publishers

1709 Avenue Salvador

San Clemente, CA 92672

Specialized in West Coast/California Markets

Subscription Rate: $545/yr.

Phone: 714-492-1340

Fax: 714-492-6556

Email: energywe@deltanet.com

Website: www.energywest.com

New Fuels and Vehicles Report (weekly)

Inside Washington Publications

P.O. Box 7167, Ben Franklin Station

Washington, D.C. 20044

Subscription Rate: $685/yr.

Phone: 800-424-9068

Local: 703-416-8514

Fax: 703-416-8543

Oxy-Fuel News (weekly)

Hart Publications, Inc.

6011 Executive Boulevard, Suite 202

Rockville, MD 20852

Subscription Rate: $1195/yr.

Overseas Rate: $1295/yr.

Phone: 800-897-4278

Local: 301-468-3300

Fax: 301-468-1039

Website: www.hartpub.com

Twenty-First Century Fuels (monthly)

Hart Publications, Inc.

6011 Executive Boulevard, Suite 202

Rockville, MD 20852

Subscription Rate: $797/yr.

Overseas Rate: $897/yr.

Phone: 800-897-4278

Local: 301-468-3300

Fax: 301-468-1039

Website: www.hartpub.com

PRIVATE CONSULTANTS

Chemical Market Associates, Inc.

11757 Katy Freeway, Suite 750

Houston, TX 77079

Contact: James Crocco or Brian Grigsby

Phone: 281-531-4666

Fax: 281-531-9966

Email: cmai@cmaiglobal.com

Website: www.cmai.global.com

CMAI offers consulting services to the

petrochemical, methanol and MTBE industries.

Dewitt & Company

16800 Greenspoint Park

Suite 120 North, Houston, TX 77060-2386

Contact: Jim Jorden

Phone: 281-874-1216

Fax: 281-875-0175

Provides global methanol analysis, MTBE

consulting, biweekly methanol & derivatives

newsletter.

PRODUCERS

Ashland Chemical Company

5200 Blazer Memorial Parkway

Dublin, OH 43017

Contact: Carol Eicher, Vice President &

General Manager

Phone: 614-790-3524

Fax: 614-790-4224

Email: csr@ashchem.com

Website: www.ashchem.com
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Borden Chemicals and Plastics

P.O. Box 427

Geismer, LA 70734

Contact: Larry Pickholtz

Phone: 504-673-0683

Fax: 504-673-0450

Borden Chemicals and Plastics is the second

largest producer of methanol is the United

States, with an annual stated capacity of 330

million gallons.

Caribbean Methanol Company, Ltd.

Level 3, Colsort Mall

11-13 Frederick Street

Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies

Contact: Kerston Coombs

Phone: 809-627-3412

Fax: 809-627-3411

Celanese Ltd. Chemical Group, Inc.

1601 West LBJ Freeway

Dallas, TX 75234

Contact: Bob Gengelbach

Phone: 972-443-4014

Fax: 972-443-4950

Email: info@celanese.com

Website: www.celanese.com

Georgia Gulf Corporation

2900 N. Loops West, Suite 1200

Houston, TX 77092

Contact: Doug Shannon

Phone: 713-956-3927

Fax: 713-956-3909

Haldor Topsoe, Inc.

17629 El Camino Real, Suite 300

Houston, TX 77058

Contact: Bjarne Dyrved

Phone: 281-228-5000

Fax: 281-228-5109

ICI Katalco

P.O. Box 1 Billingham

Cleveland TS23 1LB England

Contact: William Bell

Phone: 011-441-642-522675

Telex: 587443 ICI AGH G

Fax: 011-441-642-522542

Email: iciinfo@icinorthamerica.com

Website: www.icinorthamerica.com

Itochu Corporation Ltd.

5-1, Kita-Aoyama 2-Chome,

Minato-Ku, Yokyo, Japan

Contact: Motonori Toyota

Phone: 011-813-3497-6731

Fax: 011-813-3497-6695

Website: www.itochu.co.jp.main

Lyondell Petrochemical Company

One Houston Center, Suite 1600

P.O. Box 3646

Houston, TX 77253-3646

Contact: Roger Seward

Phone: 713-652--7349

Fax: 713-652-7432

Website: www.lyondell.com

Methanex Methanol Inc.

12377 Merit Drive, Suite 490

Dallas, TX 75251

Contact: Bob Wright

Phone: 972-308-0445

Fax: 972-233-1266

Website: www.methanex.com

Methanex Corporation is a global methanol

production and marketing organization.

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.

Mitsubishi Building

5-2 Marunouchi 2-Chome

Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, Japan

Contact: Hajime Fujita

Phone: 011-813-3283-5000

Fax: 011-813-3287-0833

Website:

http://mcweb.mitsubishi.co.jp/companies/COMP

40E/15.html

Sabic Marketing Americas, Inc.

2500 City West Blvd., Suite 650

Houston, TX 77042

Contact: Abdullah Al-Dabibi

Phone: 281-549-4999

Fax: 281-549-4994
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Saturn Methanol Company

3 Kingwood Place, Suite 220

800 Rockmead Drive

Kingwood, TX 77339

Contact: Deo Vannwijk

Phone: 281-358-0455

Fax: 281-358-2928

Sumitomo Corporation

3-11-1 Kandanishiki-Cho

Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 101, Japan

Contact: K. Toyosawa

Phone: 011-813-3296-3618

Fax: 011-813-3296-3614

Website:

www.sumitomocorp.co.jp/index_e.htm

Terra Industries Inc.

600 4th Street, PO Box 6000

Sioux City, IA 51102

Contact: Mark Rosenbury

Phone: 712-277-1340

Fax: 712-277-7296

Website: www.terraindustries.com

Trinidad and Tobago Methanol Company,

Ltd.

Goodrich Bay Road

Point Lisas, Trinidad, W.I.

Contact: Ashram Beharry

Phone: 809-636-2906

Fax: 809-363-4501

United Catalysts, Inc.

P.O. Box 32370

Louisville, KY 40232

Contact: James Richardson

Phone: 502-634-7212

Fax: 502-634-7722