SUGAR LAND, TX--(Marketwired - Jan 27, 2016) - Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- The freefall in oil prices is not expected to halt the wave of new North American Chemical Processing Industry project spending, according to Industrial Info's Trey Hamblet, vice president of global research, chemical processing industry. Led by methanol projects, the value of construction kickoffs in the U.S. and Canada this year is primed to equal or exceed last year's total, he told the audience at last week's 2016 Industrial Market Outlook & Networking Event in Houston, Texas.

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