Primus and an undisclosed petchems JV partner commissioned the FEED study. IHI E&C International Corp. has won a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for a first-of-its-kind natural gas-to-gasoline plant in Texas, gas monetization technology developer Primus Green Energy Inc. reported Wednesday. Primus commissioned the FEED study along with a global petrochemicals joint venture (JV) partner whose identity was not disclosed. “Primus is pleased to join forces with a strategic, large partner with significant experience in natural gas derivatives,” Primus CEO Steven Murray said in a written statement emailed to Rigzone. “We expect to follow this first project with several others in North America and prospectively worldwide.” According to Primus, the proposed Texas JV plant would be a scaled-up version of the New Jersey demonstration plant presented in Rigzone in 2012 and 2014 . The company stated that its New Jersey plant produces methanol and gasoline with its proprietary […]