Air Liquide signs Contract with Yan’an Energy and Chemical Co.

Air Liquide has signed a new long-term contract with Yan’an Energy and Chemical Co., a subsidiary of Yanchang Petroleum Group. Under the terms of the new agreement, Air Liquide will invest around €80 million in two state-of-the-art ASUs (Air Separation Units), with a total capacity of 2800 tpd of oxygen.

Expected to start operations in 1Q18, the new ASUs will supply air gases including oxygen and nitrogen for the customer’s chemicals production complex which will produce 600 000 tpy of olefins, a chemical intermediate used notably in the production of plastics.

The two ASUs, located in Fuxian County of Yan’an City, Shaanxi Province, will be built by Air Liquide’s Engineering and Construction teams using leading technologies to offer energy efficiency as well as optimal reliability and safety, and will be owned and operated by Air Liquide.

François Venet, Vice-President, Asia Pacific and a member of Air Liquide group’s Executive Committee, commented: “We are pleased to have been selected as the partner for this project. This strategic cooperation demonstrates our ability to provide innovative solutions that improve energy efficiency. The project also marks our growing commitment to investing in Western China.”

Wang Jiaxin, Chairman and General Manager of Yan’an Energy and Chemical Co., commented: “It’s our pleasure to collaborate with Air Liquide, whose state-of-the-art technologies and international expertise in safe operations will ensure the steady gas supply of the project. Through this partnership, we look forward to contributing to the economic development of Fuxian County and Shaanxi Province as a whole.”

Edited from press release by Angharad Lock

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