Air Products to Expand Texas Plant to Supply Additional Hydrogen to ExxonMobil at Baytown
November 22 2004 - 3:57PM
PR Newswire (US)
Air Products to Expand Texas Plant to Supply Additional Hydrogen to
ExxonMobil at Baytown LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Nov. 22
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Air Products (NYSE:APD) announced today
that it will expand its Baytown, Texas facility to produce 70
million standard cubic feet per day of hydrogen. A portion of the
hydrogen produced will be supplied to the adjacent ExxonMobil
Baytown Refinery under a long-term agreement, with the remainder
transported through the Air Products West Gulf Coast hydrogen
pipeline system to other customers. ExxonMobil will use the
hydrogen supplied by Air Products to make cleaner transportation
fuels and other petroleum products from heavier, sour crude
feedstocks. The hydrogen production facility is expected to be
on-stream in late 2005. The Air Products plant will receive feed
gas from ExxonMobil's Syngas facility and, in addition to producing
hydrogen, will continue to recover other gases for use by the
petrochemical industry. "We are very pleased to announce this major
project which will enable us to convert an existing asset at
Baytown into hydrogen production and to provide hydrogen to
ExxonMobil's refinery," said Scott Sherman, Air Products' vice
president and general manager for Energy and Process Industries
worldwide. "The project will allow us to continue to grow our West
Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline system consistent with the needs of
our key refining customers, while also improving the system for the
supply of carbon monoxide and syngas to our petrochemical
customers." The hydrogen facility will also be connected to Air
Products' West Gulf Coast pipeline system, extending from Texas and
the Houston Ship Channel to Lake Charles, La., to provide
additional customers with reliable hydrogen delivery. The intended
hydrogen supply arrangement is one of over 30 that Air Products has
undertaken with refiners worldwide. Air Products also operates a
world-scale air separation plant at the Baytown site to supply
oxygen to ExxonMobil, and other gaseous and liquid products to
serve local markets. ***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: Art George, +1-610-481-1340, , or
Investor Inquiries: Phil Sproger, +1-610-481-7461, , both of Air
Products Web site: http://www.airproducts.com/
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