Air Products to Supply Motiva and Marathon Refineries With Hydrogen From New Louisiana Production Facility
July 19 2004 - 12:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Air Products to Supply Motiva and Marathon Refineries With Hydrogen
From New Louisiana Production Facility LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., July 19
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
(NYSE:APD) announced today that it will construct a facility in
Louisiana to supply hydrogen to the Motiva Enterprises LLC and
Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC (MAP) refineries, and also provide
hydrogen to its Mississippi River corridor pipeline system.
Producing 110 million standard- cubic-feet-per-day (MMSCFD), the
hydrogen facility will be owned and operated by Air Products and is
expected to be on-stream in November 2005. The hydrogen facility, a
natural gas-based steam methane reformer, will help both Motiva's
Convent 225,000 barrel-per-day refinery and MAP's Garyville 255,000
barrel-per-day refinery to produce cleaner transportation fuels and
other petroleum products from heavier, sour crude feedstocks. The
Air Products facility will be located at the Motiva refinery and
supply hydrogen by pipeline to MAP, as well as other customers
along a 90-mile pipeline network from Baton Rouge to Norco, La. Air
Products has an additional hydrogen pipeline in Louisiana east of
New Orleans, as well as nearly 150 miles of hydrogen pipeline
reaching from Texas and the Houston Ship Channel to Lake Charles,
La. Combined, Air Products has the most extensive hydrogen supply
capabilities in the U.S. Gulf coast. "We are very pleased to
announce this addition to our hydrogen production capability and
infrastructure in Louisiana. The increased reliability represented
in this new investment is critically important in meeting the needs
of Motiva and Marathon Ashland Petroleum, and other refineries and
customers in the Mississippi River corridor," said Scott Sherman,
Air Products' vice president and general manager for Energy and
Process Industries worldwide. Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco
said, "This kind of economic development will make Air Products'
presence in Louisiana stronger. The state has supported Air
Products in the past to assist their development, and I am excited
to see their continued investment in our state." Air Products has
extensive industrial operations in Louisiana that began with its
first plant operating in 1965. In May 2004, Air Products' newest
investment in Louisiana went commercial as a new 112 MMSCFD
hydrogen production facility in Westlake, La. is now providing
hydrogen to the pipeline network and Lake Charles area customers.
To view the full text of this announcement, visit
http://www.airproducts.com/PressRoom/CompanyNews/Archived/2004/04224_19Jul04.htm.
***NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements.
Actual results could vary materially, due to changes in current
expectations. DATASOURCE: Air Products CONTACT: Media: Art George,
Air Products, +1-610-481-1340, ; or Shell/Motiva Media Line:
+1-713-241-4544; or Linda Casey, Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC,
+1-419-421-3262, ; or Sylvie Hallemans, Technip-Coflexip, +33 (0) 1
47 78 34 85, ; or Investor: Alexander W. Masetti, Air Products,
+1-610-481-7461, Web site: http://www.airproducts.com/
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