Air Products (NYSE: APD), Allentown, PA, has acquired an air separation unit (ASU) and integrated gases liquefier in Guiyang, China from Guizhou Kaiyang Chemical Co., Ltd.
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The ASU will produce 2,000 tons per day (TPD) of gaseous oxygen and nitrogen to be supplied to Guizhou Kaiyang Chemical’s coal to ammonia facility under long-term contract. Liquid product will be sold predominantly to the region’s industries on the merchant market, with some also being sold to Guizhou Kaiyang Chemical.
Air Products is also working with another Yankuang Group member, Shaanxi Future Energy Chemical Co., Ltd., in Yulin, Shaanxi Province. Air Products is constructing and will own and operate the largest on-site ASU order ever awarded to an industrial gas company. The facility includes multiple ASU trains and will produce 12,000 TPD of oxygen and significant tonnage volumes of nitrogen and compressed dry air for Shaanxi’s coal chemical plant starting in 2014.
Today’s announcement with Guizhou Kaiyang Chemical is the second China tonnage gases market announcement made by Air Products this month. On Sept. 4, Air Products announced it will build, own and operate an ASU and integrated gas liquefier in Hebei Province, China to supply Cangzhou Zhengyuan Fertilizer Co., Ltd.
Air Products has been operating in China since 1987.
