Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Coal To Liquids Plant Coming To Mingo County.
A New York company announced Tuesday that hey are planning to build a three billion dollar coal to liquids plant in Mingo County.
Transgas Development Systems says that the plant will be capable of refining an estimated 6.5 million barrels of gasoline annually in West Virginia.
Transgas says that it has applied for a permit to build the plant and hopes to have it up and running by 2013.
The plant will be located in the Gilbert area on an 800 acre site leased from the Mingo County Redevelopment Authority.
The company says that the CTL plant will employ 200 people. The project will employ 3,000 jobs during construction.
Officials say that it is expected to use 3 million tons of coal annually.
Transgas Development Systems says that the plant will be capable of refining an estimated 6.5 million barrels of gasoline annually in West Virginia.
Transgas says that it has applied for a permit to build the plant and hopes to have it up and running by 2013.
The plant will be located in the Gilbert area on an 800 acre site leased from the Mingo County Redevelopment Authority.
The company says that the CTL plant will employ 200 people. The project will employ 3,000 jobs during construction.
Officials say that it is expected to use 3 million tons of coal annually.
# posted by Joe Kinzer @ 3:20 PM 
