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CALGARY — Nauticol Energy Ltd., a little-known private company with a star-studded board of directors, announced plans Tuesday for a methanol manufacturing facility in Grande Prairie, Alta., which is in the heart of the province’s most active natural gas basin.

The proposed $2-billion methanol plant could help the province achieve its goal of processing more of its oil and gas resources within its borders in the midst of severe infrastructure bottlenecks.

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Established in 2016, many of Nauticol’s board of directors are well-known in the Calgary oilpatch, including chairman Leo de Bever, who was previously CEO of the Alberta Investment Management Corp., and director Pat Carlson, the founding CEO of Seven Generations Energy Ltd.