OCI Beaumont Ammonia Plant, Texas
OCI’s Beaumont Methanol and Ammonia Plant is a petrochemical refinery that produces methanol and anhydrous ammonia, the nitrogen-rich chemical widely used by the agricultural industry. OCI is a Dutch fertilizer and chemical company with three major plants in the USA. Beaumont, on the Gulf Coast between Houston and New Orleans, is a large petrochemical area, and home to Spindletop, the 1901 gusher that began the petrochemical age.