Air Products seals Samsung contract for Saudi SABIC unit
by This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it on Tuesday, 22 September 2009
US industrial gases group, Air Products, said on Monday it has secured a contract from Samsung Engineering for an air separation unit (ASU) to supply National Industrial Gases Co. (NIGC), a subsidiary of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC).
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The ASU will produce 3,550 tons per day (TPD) of oxygen, 3,600 TPD of nitrogen, and 150 TPD of argon. It will be located at NIGC's facility in Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia, and is set to be on-stream in 2011.
David J. Taylor, vice president - Energy Businesses at Air Products said in a statement that the arrangement strengthens Air Products' existing relationship with NIGC and SABIC, and regionally as the Al Jubail Phase 8 ASU is the most recent in a series of Middle East projects for the company.
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