Air Products' Sarnia, Ontario, Canada Hydrogen Plant Now On-Stream and Supplying Suncor and Shell Refinery Operations
August 02 2006 - 12:48PM
PR Newswire (US)
Company's Second Canadian Hydrogen Plant Commercialized LEHIGH
VALLEY, Pa., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Air Products Canada
Ltd., a subsidiary of Air Products (NYSE:APD), announced today that
its new hydrogen plant in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada is on-stream and
supplying 80 million standard-cubic-feet-per-day (MMSCFD) of
hydrogen to two nearby refineries. The facility is the largest
plant outsourcing hydrogen in Canada and the second new Air
Products facility to supply hydrogen to Canadian refineries and
other customers. In June, Air Products announced the
commercialization of a large-scale steam methane reformer hydrogen
plant in Strathcona County, near Edmonton, Alberta. The new Sarnia
hydrogen production facility, a natural gas-based steam methane
reformer, will help refineries operated by Suncor Energy Products,
Inc. and Shell Canada Products produce ultra low sulphur diesel and
other petroleum products. The Air Products facility is located on a
part of the Shell refinery land and supplies hydrogen by pipeline
to the nearby Suncor refinery. "Air Products is pleased to move
forward in meeting the hydrogen needs of Suncor and Shell in an
area of Canada that is a key refining center," said Stephen Losby,
general manager Canada, for Air Products. "We are established on
the ground in Canada with two operating plants now serving four
refineries and other customers, and we are positioned to
participate in the growth associated with processing more oil sands
crude." Air Products Canada has also commenced engineering to
expand production capacity near Edmonton with construction of
another hydrogen plant at the Strathcona location. Announced in
January 2006, the 105 MMSCFD facility expansion, to be located
adjacent to the initial plant at the customer's refinery, will
serve several customers in an area known as the Alberta Industrial
Heartland. This plant will be the first Air Products facility to
provide the sale of hydrogen for use in the processing of Canadian
oil sands into gasoline and diesel fuel. It is expected to be
on-stream in April 2008. The new Sarnia hydrogen production
facility is also interconnected with Air Products' existing
hydrogen liquefaction facility located nearby. "Gaseous hydrogen
from our new production facility significantly enhances feed gas
availability to our Sarnia liquefaction plant," said Mike McNallen,
vice president, North America merchant gases. Air Products has been
safely and reliably liquefying and distributing hydrogen at Sarnia
for over 25 years. Liquified hydrogen from the facility is trucked
to merchant markets across North America. The second Canadian
hydrogen facility is the 25th to be built under the global alliance
between Air Products and Technip. This alliance continues to
provide the worldwide refining industry with competitive
technology, plus world-class safety with "over the fence" hydrogen
supply. Technip provides the design and construction expertise for
steam reformers while Air Products provides the gas separation
technology. Air Products, through its extensive operating network,
and Technip, from its large reference base, also bring effective
operational and engineering knowledge to "design-in" high
reliability and efficiency. The plants are operated and maintained
by Air Products under long-term agreements with customers. About
Air Products Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in
technology, energy, healthcare and industrial markets worldwide
with a unique portfolio of products, services and solutions,
providing atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases,
performance materials and chemical intermediates. Founded in 1940,
Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such
as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare
services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and
adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture,
operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment
and is listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability and FTSE4Good
Indices. The company has annual revenues of $8.1 billion,
operations in over 30 countries, and over 20,000 employees around
the globe. For more information, visit http://www.airproducts.com/.
About Technip With a workforce of about 20,000 people, Technip
ranks among the top five corporations in the field of oil, gas and
petrochemical engineering, construction and services. Headquartered
in Paris, the Group is listed in New York and Paris. The Group's
main operations and engineering centers and business units are
located in France, Italy, Germany, the UK, Norway, Finland, the
Netherlands, the USA, Brazil, Abu-Dhabi, China, India, Malaysia and
Australia. In support of its activities, the Group manufactures
flexible pipes and umbilicals, and builds offshore platforms in its
manufacturing plants and fabrication yards in France, Brazil, the
UK, the USA, Finland and Angola, and has a fleet of specialized
vessels for pipeline installation and subsea construction. Technip
is the leading supplier of hydrogen production facilities with more
than 200 references worldwide. More information can be found at
http://www.technip.com/. ***NOTE: This release may contain
forward-looking statements. Actual results could vary materially,
due to changes in current expectations. DATASOURCE: Air Products
CONTACT: Media Inquiries: (Air Products) Art George,
+1-610-481-1340, , or (Technip) Laurence Bricq, +33 (0) 1 47 78 26
37, fax: +33 (0) 1 47 78 24 33, ; or Investor Inquiries: (Air
Products) Philip Sproger, +1-610-481-7461, Web site:
http://www.airproducts.com/ http://www.technip.com/
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