Air Liquide starts production at Yanbu hydrogen plant

28/06/2015 Argaam

Air Liquide, a France-based provider of hydrogern, nitrogen, and other gases, has started production at its $393 million ( euro 350 million) plant at Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, to supply hydrogen to Yasref refinery, a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Sinopec. 

 

The hydrogen unit has a total capacity of 340,000 Nm3 per hour, Air Liquide said in a statement on Sunday. Yasref, the largest refinery in the region, will process 400,000 barrels of heavy crude a day.

 

“This new global-scale project reinforces our strategic presence in the Middle East, where we continue to develop our industrial gas infrastructure,” Pierre Dufour, vice president of the Air Liquide Group, said in the statement. “The decision by such a large refinery to outsource its hydrogen production is a first in the Middle East.”

 

Hydrogen is used to help reduce the sulfur content of the produced fuels.


 

 


 

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