Air Liquide has signed a new long-term supply agreement with Ezz Steel, said the company.
The industrial gases producer will invest USD80m in building an air separation unit (ASU) at Ezz’s new plant in Ain Sokhna, east of Cairo, in Egypt.
The unit will have 770 tonnes/day of oxygen production capacity to supply Ezz and other customers in the basin, which is a key site for heavy industries in the Suez Canal Economic Zone.
Air Liquide will also expand its existing pipeline network in Ain Sokhna to connect the new plant to Air Liquide’s four other ASUs in operation, increasing the reliability of supply.
The project includes a carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction roadmap based on renewable power sourcing, in line with Air Liquide’s sustainability goal to become carbon neutral by 2050.
As per MRC, Air Liquide and Sogestran have signed an agreement to form a joint venture, said the company.
It will provide large-scale liquid CO2 shipping and barging solutions tailored to the needs of future Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) projects in Europe. This joint venture will strengthen Air Liquide’s offering on the carbon management value chain, including capture, aggregation, processing, and transport to permanent storage locations.
As MRC wrote earlier, Air Liquide, BASF and Shell are joining Calpine, Chevron, Dow, ExxonMobil, INEOS, Linde, LyondellBasell, Marathon Petroleum, NRG Energy, Phillips 66 and Valero to collectively evaluate and advance emissions reduction efforts in and around the Houston industrial area. Three additional companies have announced their support for exploring the implementation of large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology in and around the Houston industrial area.
A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, Air Liquide is present in 75 countries with approximately 66,400 employees and serves more than 3.8 million customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and
hydrogen are essential small molecules for life, matter and energy. They embody Air Liquide’s scientific territory and have been at the core of the company’s activities since its creation in 1902.
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