About Liberty One

Liberty One rebuilt its 200,000 mtpa methanol plant in Institute, West Virginia. US Methanol was founded in 2016 with the mission to reliably produce and deliver the highest quality methanol at the lowest delivered price to industrial consumers.

Liberty One's parent company, US Methanol LLC, entered the methanol production industry with the acquisition and relocation of a plant that previously operated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to natural gas-rich West Virginia.

We offer our customers pure, made-in-the-USA high quality methanol—reliably, safely, and at a very competitive price—delivered right to their doorstep


Advantages

Liberty One Methanol’s business office is in Charleston, West Virginia, close to our plant site in Institute. The Liberty One plant is within close proximity to the populated US Eastern Coast and has access excellent logistical capabilities to rail, barge, and truck methanol to our customers.

Norfolk Southern Railway System - Source: SEC.gov

US Methanol supplies methanol to its customers mostly by rail, barge, and truck.  The Liberty One plant has direct access to barge shipping lanes near Charleston, West Virginia.  A network of river terminals links Liberty One to ports on the Great Lakes, Atlantic Ocean, and the Gulf of Mexico. 

US Inland Waterways System - US Methanol Shipping from Kanawha County

Liberty One is a major regional manufacturer benefiting from the abundance of gas in the Marcellus and Utica shale fields.  The low cost of producing natural gas and related byproducts is expected to expand the chemical industry within close proximity to Liberty One.

 

Source: Marcellus Shale Coalition