Houston-based Nacero Inc. has awarded engineering firm Bechtel Corp. a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for a natural gas-to-gasoline manufacturing facility in Penwell, TX.

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The plant would be the first natural gas-to-gasoline plant in the United States, according to Nacero. The company’s 115,000 b/d plant near Odessa, TX, in the Permian Basin also would be the first gasoline manufacturing plant in the world to incorporate carbon capture and sequestration, as well as 100% renewable power.

“For America to achieve its domestic energy and climate change mitigation goals, we need big vision and laser-focused execution. Bechtel is center stage in helping us get there,” said Nacero CEO Jay McKenna.

McKenna said Bechtel’s experience with large-scale projects...