MOSCOW (MRC) -- Air Liquide has entered the Kazakhstan market and will provide hydrogen and steam to Pavlodar Oil and Chemistry Refinery (POCR) through a long-term supply agreement, the France-based industrial gases producer said.
Air Liquide Munay Tech Gases (ALMTG) recently invested EUR12m to acquire hydrogen and purification units, with a capacity of up to 30,000 normal cubic metre/hour (Nm3/h).
ALMTG is a joint venture between Air Liquide and Kazakhstan state-owned oil and gas company KazMunayGaz NC (KMG).
The joint venture partners plan to pursue further opportunities in hydrogen and nitrogen supply to KMG’s other refineries.
"We are delighted to work with KazMunayGaz and to start operating in Kazakhstan," said Olivier Randet, vice president of Cluster Eastern Europe at Air Liquide. "We are looking forward to continuing supporting industrial development in Kazakhstan."
As MRC informed before, in april 2018, Air Liquide signed a new long-term agreement with LyondellBasell, one of the world’s largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies, to supply oxygen to LyondellBasell’s new large-scale petrochemical plant which will be constructed in Channelview, Texas. LyondellBasell’s new propylene oxide/tertiary butyl alcohol plant (PO/TBA), is expected to be the largest of its kind plant in the world when completed.
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