MEGlobal is a world leader in the manufacture, supply and marketing of merchant monoethylene glycol (MEG) and diethylene glycol (DEG), collectively known as ethylene glycol (EG).
EG is a key raw material used in a wide variety of products and applications including the manufacture of polyester fibers, polyethylene terephthalate resins (PET), antifreeze formulations and other industrial products.
MEGlobal manufactures 2.3 million tons annually (MTA) of EG at its manufacturing plants in Alberta, Canada and Texas, USA.
Fort Saskatchewan: Nameplate capacity 460,000 MTA
Prentiss I, Red Deer: Nameplate capacity 440,000 MTA
Prentiss II, Red Deer: Nameplate capacity 450,000 MTA
Oyster Creek, Texas: Nameplate capacity 945,000 MTA
In addition to production, MEGlobal is a market leader for EG in the world, marketing in excess of 3.5 million MTA through its own production and world-leading supply partners.
MEGlobal also works with leading trading partners across the globe.
MEGlobal is committed to meeting the ethics, policies and codes of practice of Responsible Care®, a voluntary initiative within the global chemical industry that promotes the safe handling of products from development, through manufacture and distribution, to disposal.
MEGlobal has over 300 employees around the world in locations as diverse as the United Arab Emirates, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Kuwait, and the United States.
Established in July 2004, MEGlobal is a wholly-owned subsidiary of EQUATE Petrochemical Company K.S.C.C., which is headquartered in Kuwait City, Kuwait.