Transition Industries partners with Sinaloa Institutions to boost Pacifico Mexinol Methanol project

Transition Industries has announced a partnership with the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS) to support socioeconomic research for its Pacifico Mexinol project in Ahome, Sinaloa, Mexico. 

The initiative includes a 6,145 MT per day ultra-low carbon methanol production facility, expected to be operational by 2028. Under the agreement, UAS faculty will conduct economic studies focused on the regional impacts of the facility’s development.

Transition Industries’ collaboration with UAS follows a two-year engagement with the Autonomous Indigenous University of Mexico (UAIM) in Los Mochis, where social scientists have conducted community studies in nine areas near the planned operations site. 

The partnership aligns with broader public-private efforts to advance socioeconomic goals. The Center for Investment and Trade (CIT) and the Council for Economic Development of Sinaloa (CODESIN), under the leadership of Sinaloa’s Secretary of Economy Javier Gaxiola Coppel, have facilitated this and similar collaborations. The partnerships are intended to address both immediate and long-term economic impacts on the region.

Karin Nunan, Transition Industries Director of Corporate Affairs, commented:

“At Transition Industries we are committed to balancing the energy transition with social and economic development. We aspire to have our Pacifico Mexinol project be a global example of how multi-party dialogue can create shared value for business, academia, community and government.”

As well as these efforts, the company has been working with the Women’s Secretariat of the Municipality of Ahome on programs focused on gender equality and diversity in the community.

Servando Bojorquez, Pacifico Mexinol Community Relations Manager, added, “Working with academic institutions and local leaders ensures we are not just generating future jobs and opportunities, but we are promoting social well-being, including with vulnerable groups.”

Transition Industries is developing Pacifico Mexinol in partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group. Upon completion, the facility will be one of the largest ultra-low carbon methanol production plants in the world, expected to produce 350,000 MT of green methanol and 1.8 million MT of blue methanol annually using natural gas with carbon capture.

Dr. Cesar Parra, Vice-Rectorate of the Northern Zone of UAS, said, “These types of agreements with businesses are of vital importance since the knowledge acquired in university classrooms can be applied in the field, bringing great advances in research and technology in the region.”