MOSCOW (MRC) -- Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has been selected as a technology licensor by Pertamina, the state-owned National Oil & Gas Company of Indonesia, engaged in the oil, gas and renewable energy sectors, as per Hydrocarbonprocessing.
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction will provide a license 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 Island, 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 the production of cleaner fuels conforming to Euro 5 standard.
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction's full portfolio of hydrogen technologies and excellence in process experience combined with decades of operational experience ensures the competitiveness, reliability and long-term sustainability of the solutions for customers.
"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," Domenico D’Elia, Senior Vice President, Sales & Technology, Air Liquide Engineering & Construction said.
As MRC informed before, in 2016, PT Pertamina and Russia’s Rosneft OAO signed a cooperation agreement that includes a plan to build a new oil refinery in the Southeast Asian nation.
Pertamina is an Indonesian state-owned oil and natural gas corporation based in Jakarta. It was created in August 1968 by the merger of Pertamin (established 1961) and Permina (established 1957). Pertamina is the world's largest producer and exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
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