LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.,
Sept. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/
-- Air Products (NYSE: APD), the world's leader in liquefied
natural gas (LNG) technology and equipment, today
announced it will be providing four of its MCR® Main
Cryogenic Heat Exchangers (MCHEs) for Sonatrach's GL1Z LNG facility
in Arzew, Algeria. The four heat
exchangers will each have 1.3 million tonnes per year production
capacity and will replace four previous heat exchangers supplied by
Air Products in the late 1970s, which are some of the longest
operating MCHEs in the world.
The four MCHEs to be supplied by Air Products will be installed
at the heart of the proprietary AP-C3MR™ propane pre-cooled mixed
refrigerant liquefaction process at the multi-train
facility.
The original six MCHE's at the Sonatrach facility were supplied
by Air Products in 1977. Since that time, the location has
undergone multiple rejuvenation projects and the original MCHEs are
still in service. The new exchangers will incorporate the
latest advances in design and manufacture which have been developed
by Air Products over the past four decades.
"This is a very significant contract for Air Products to have
won with a very important customer, Sonatrach, who has been a
valuable customer of ours for many years. This is another important
milestone in our commitment to work with Sonatrach in Algeria and deliver the best heat exchanger
technology in the LNG industry. Air Products is very proud that we
built the original heat exchangers, which are still operating at
the Arzew facility in Algeria and
have been for over four decades. Air Products' goal is to provide
excellent customer service and develop long standing relationships
with our customers and our continuous work with Sonatrach in
Algeria is a perfect example of
doing just that," said Dr. Samir J.
Serhan, chief operating officer at Air Products.
"Air Products' supply, installation, supervision, and
commissioning of the four MCHEs is part of Sonatrach's plan to
revamp its LNG plants built in the 1970s. This project will help
reduce maintenance costs, reduce gas consumption rates and maintain
LNG gas production at the GL1Z plant. We have confidence in the
expertise and capacity of Air Products as a Sonatrach LNG
technology traditional provider, and as a partner in the gas
industry to manage the contract in a way that matches our plan,"
said Toufik Hakkar, Sonatrach's CEO.
Additionally, beyond the supply of the equipment, Air Products
will be responsible for overseeing the installation of the
equipment and also provide advisory services and engineering
studies.
Air Products will build the LNG heat exchangers at its
Port Manatee, Florida
manufacturing facility. Air Products opened its Port Manatee facility in January 2014 and completed a 60% expansion in
October 2019 to meet the needs of the
ever-growing LNG industry. In October
2018, Air Products dedicated a new LNG equipment test
facility (ETF), which will enable Air Products to improve the
reliability and yield produced from its LNG equipment and to design
new equipment.
Air Products' proprietary LNG technology, vital to helping meet
the world's increasing energy needs and desire for clean energy,
processes and cryogenically liquefies valuable natural gas for
consumer and industrial use. For over 50 years Air Products
has manufactured LNG heat exchangers, which currently operate in
over 100 LNG trains in 20 countries around the world.
Typically, an LNG heat exchanger can be as large as over 15 feet
(5 meters) in diameter and 180 feet (55 meters) long. A finished
unit can weigh as much as 500 tons. Photos of Air Products'
LNG technology can be downloaded for publication at
http://prphotolibrary.airproducts.com/ImageViewer.aspx?q=LNG.
Air Products' LNG process technology and equipment is the heart
of an LNG production plant. The technology, in place at some of the
most remote locations around the world, takes natural gas and
unlocks its value by liquefying it and making it possible to
economically ship it. The LNG is eventually re-gasified for energy
uses.
The majority of total worldwide LNG is produced with Air
Products' technology. In support of the LNG industry, Air Products
provides process technology and key equipment for the natural gas
liquefaction process for large export plants, small and mid-sized
LNG plants, floating LNG plants and LNG peak shavers. Upstream, Air
Products provides both nitrogen and natural gas dehydration
membrane systems for offshore platforms. Downstream, Air Products
provides membrane nitrogen generators for LNG carriers, and
land-based membrane and cryogenic nitrogen systems for LNG import
terminals and baseload LNG plants.
About Air Products
Air Products
(NYSE:APD) is a world-leading industrial gases company in operation
for 80 years. Focused on serving energy, environment and emerging
markets, the Company provides essential industrial gases, related
equipment and applications expertise to customers in dozens of
industries, including refining, chemical, metals, electronics,
manufacturing, and food and beverage. Air Products is also the
global leader in the supply of liquefied natural gas process
technology and equipment. The Company develops, engineers, builds,
owns and operates some of the world's largest industrial gas
projects, including gasification projects that sustainably convert
abundant natural resources into syngas for the production of
high-value power, fuels and chemicals.
The Company had fiscal 2019 sales of $8.9
billion from operations in 50 countries and has a current
market capitalization of about $65
billion. More than 17,000 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 airproducts.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook
or Instagram.
About Sonatrach
Sonatrach, the largest
oil and gas company in Africa, is
an Algerian state-owned company (NOC) holding a wide range of
activities across the entire hydrocarbon supply chain, from
upstream through marketing. Sonatrach employs more than 53,000
employees in the parent company and more than 150,000 in the Group.
The Group has 154 subsidiaries and holdings striving to enhance the
country's oil and gas sector.
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,
2019.
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