Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has announced that it has been selected as a technology licensor by Pertamina, the state-owned national oil and gas company of Indonesia.
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction will provide a licence and basic engineering for a hydrogen production unit, steam methane reformer (SMR), with a production capacity of 120 000 Nm3 /h to be installed on Pertamina’s refinery site in Balikpapan, Borneo, Indonesia.
This contract is part of a Refinery Development Master Plan (RDMP) undertaken by Pertamina. The RDMP will increase the Balikpapan refinery’s crude processing capacity as well as enable production of cleaner fuels conforming to Euro 5 standard.
Domenico D’Elia , Senior Vice President, Sales & Technology, Air Liquide Engineering & Construction, said: “ We appreciate the confidence Pertamina has placed in Air Liquide Engineering & Construction. This new contract further enhances our position as the leading technology provider for large scale hydrogen solutions in the refinery sector.”