Air Liquide signed a new long-term contract with Maoming Petrochemical Co. (MPCC), a subsidiary of China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec Corp.), one of the largest integrated energy and chemical companies in China. Under the terms of the new agreement, Air Liquide will invest around EUR 40M in a new state-of-the-art ASU (Air Separation Unit), with a total capacity of 850T of oxygen per day.
Expected to start operations in the Q2 2017, the new ASU
will supply industrial gases including oxygen and nitrogen
to the customer’s new ethylene oxide plant as well as to its existing one. The ASU, located in Maoming City of Guangdong Province, will be designed and supplied by
Air Liquide’s Engineering and Construction teams using leading technologies to offer energy efficiency as well as
optimal reliability and safety. The ASU will be owned and
operated by ALMPCC, the joint venture of Air Liquide China
and MPCC established in June 2012.
