LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.,
Feb. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products (NYSE: APD), a
leading global industrial gases company, is proud of its earned
reputation of successfully executing the engineering, building,
owning and operating of large-scale projects for customers around
the world. Today, Air Products announced it has added another
successful large-scale example to its build, own and operate model
portfolio, as the company has achieved mechanical completion of the
largest industrial gas complex in the world in Jazan,
Saudi Arabia. And if successful
completion of the plant, with its remote location and regional
climate challenges was not enough, the Air Products team completed
the world-scale complex without a lost time injury in 25 million
worker hours.
"For the Air Products team members involved to complete this
project with the extensive worker hours required, facing varied
challenges, and to do so without a lost time injury is a truly
exceptional milestone. It speaks of the dedication to safety, and
extreme focus on the task to be completed. The confirmation of our
success was the agreement of the customer that we had reached the
mechanical completion stage of the construction project. Going
forward, when a prospective customer is interested in Air Products'
expertise, we can point to a map and say, let me tell you what we
accomplished at Jazan," said Dr. Samir J Serhan, executive vice
president at Air Products.
In April 2015, Air Products
announced it had been awarded a 20-year contract by Saudi Aramco,
the world's largest company, under a joint venture (JV) of Air
Products (25%) and ACWA Holding (75%) to build, own and operate the
world's largest industrial gas complex to supply 75,000 metric
tons per day (20,000 oxygen and 55,000 nitrogen) to Saudi Aramco's
refinery and Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle being built in
Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
The Jazan Project was executed by Air Products' major execution
centers in the United Kingdom,
United States, China and India with active engagement of employees in
Saudi Arabia. The now mechanically complete industrial gas
complex is expected to be brought onstream in phases in 2019.
"Overall it took approximately three years to engineer, procure
and construct the world's largest industrial gas facility. The
project is significantly larger than anything executed by Air
Products to date, and the global company engineering effort speaks
to our engineering capabilities and expertise. On top of that,
there was the massive recruitment effort to bring the construction
workforce and others to the location, train them, and have them
understand our focus on safety. The construction success and safety
results all speak to the execution by our team," said Dr.
Serhan.
The Jazan project effort required the hiring of new
sub-contractors for almost all of the construction scope. At peak
construction periods, a workforce of 6,000 people were at the site.
The result was a multi-national team of people from over 30
countries filling the varied roles necessary for the construction
project.
About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a
world-leading industrial gases company in operation for over
75 years. The company provides industrial gases and related
equipment to dozens of industries, including refining, chemical,
metals, electronics, manufacturing, and food and beverage.
Air Products is also the world's leading supplier of liquefied
natural gas process technology and equipment.
The Company had fiscal 2018 sales of $8.9
billion from operations in 50 countries and has a current
market capitalization of about $35
billion. Approximately 16,000 passionate, talented and
committed employees from diverse backgrounds are driven by Air
Products' higher purpose to create innovative solutions that
benefit the environment, enhance sustainability and address the
challenges facing customers, communities, and the world. For more
information, visit www.airproducts.com.
NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements
within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are
based on management's reasonable expectations and assumptions as of
the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual
performance and financial results may differ materially from
projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking
statements because of many factors not anticipated by management,
including risk factors described in the company's Form 10K for its
fiscal year ended September 30,
2018.
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