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PRODUCTION SUMMARY
Q1 2013 Q4 2012 Q1 2012(thousands of tonnes) Capacity(1) Production Production Production--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------New Zealand (2) 608 309 378 174Atlas (Trinidad) (63.1% interest) 281 248 180 127Titan (Trinidad) 218 181 189 215Egypt (60% interest) 190 133 129 202Medicine Hat (Canada) 118 131 132 114Chile I and IV 450 55 59 113Geismar I and II (Louisiana, USA) (3) 500 - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2,365 1,057 1,067 945----------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) The production capacity of our facilities may be higher than originalnameplate capacity as, over time, these figures have been adjusted toreflect ongoing operating efficiencies. Actual production for a facility inany given year may be higher or lower than annual production capacity due toa number of factors, including natural gas composition or the age of thefacility's catalyst.(2) The annual production capacity of New Zealand represents the two 0.85million tonne facilities at Motunui and the 0.53 million tonne facility atWaitara Valley. The current operating capacity of the Motunui facilities is1.5 million tonnes due to distillation capacity constraints (refer to NewZealand section below).(3) We are relocating two idle Chile facilities to Geismar, Louisiana. TheGeismar I facility is expected to be operational by the end of 2014 and theGeismar II facility is expected to be operational in early 2016.
New Zealand
Our New Zealand methanol facilities produced 309,000 tonnes of methanol in the first quarter of 2013 compared with 378,000 tonnes in the fourth quarter of 2012. During the first quarter of 2013, the Motunui facilities suffered an equipment failure which resulted in an unplanned outage and lost production of approximately 60,000 tonnes. The equipment was repaired and the Motunui facilities returned to operation at the end of March 2013. We are in the process of refurbishing the Waitara Valley facility and debottlenecking the Motunui facilities which we expect will allow us to produce at the site's full annual production capacity of up to 2.4 million tonnes, depending on natural gas composition, by the end of 2013.
Trinidad
In Trinidad, we own 100% of the Titan facility with an annual production capacity of 875,000 tonnes and have a 63.1% interest in the Atlas facility with an annual production capacity of 1,125,000 tonnes (63.1% interest). The Titan facility produced 181,000 tonnes in the first quarter of 2013 compared with 189,000 tonnes in the fourth quarter of 2012. Production in the first quarter of 2013 was impacted by periodic natural gas curtailments and minor unplanned outages.
The Atlas facility produced 248,000 tonnes in the first quarter of 2013 compared with 180,000 tonnes in the fourth quarter of 2012. The Atlas facility was shut down at the end of September 2012 for repairs and returned to production at the end of October 2012.
