About Methanol

Methanol—essential for everyday life

Methanol is essential to everyday life today, and a pathway to a low-carbon future tomorrow. As a key chemical building block or as a fuel, when made from renewable sources, methanol can help society achieve its decarbonization goals.

Methanol is an essential product used in everyday items and in a variety of energy-related applications. More than 70 per cent^* of the world’s methanol is used to produce derivatives that are key ingredients in many everyday products. Methanol is also easy to use as fuel in cars, trucks, and ships with minor modifications to engine designs.

Read the Methanol FAQs to learn more, and click the image to see examples of everyday products made possible by methanol:

^{*This includes traditional chemical and methanol-to-olefins demand.}

Chemical End Uses

Methanol is an essential chemical building block for hundreds of consumer and industrial products, including paints, carpets, fabrics, building materials, and a variety of health and pharmaceutical products. It’s also difficult to substitute based on its unique chemistry, scale, ease of transport and cost.

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Energy-Related End Uses

A cleaner-burning fuel, methanol can help improve air quality by reducing emissions compared to traditional fuels such as diesel or coal. As it can be made from renewable sources, methanol fuel can also help society achieve its decarbonization goals.

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