LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.,
July 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Air
Products (NYSE: APD) and its subsidiary, Air Products Canada Ltd.,
today held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to formally dedicate its new
world-scale hydrogen production facility in Ft. Saskatchewan, AB located twenty miles
northeast of Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada. The Air Products facility produces over 150 million
standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD) of hydrogen and is connected
to Air Products' existing hydrogen pipeline network, which supplies
refiners, upgraders, chemical processors and other industries in
the Alberta Industrial Heartland region. Air Products
employees were joined by customers, elected officials and community
stakeholders to commemorate the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the
facility.
"This plant and its connection to our pipeline network are key
to meeting the growing hydrogen demands of our customers located in
Alberta's Industrial Heartland,
which is a very important region to Air Products from a business
growth standpoint. We are the leading global hydrogen
provider, the number one provider of hydrogen in the region, and
are excited to be expanding upon that position," said Marie
Ffolkes, president – Industrial Gases, Americas at Air
Products.
The new hydrogen facility features the latest technology
advancements to maximize energy efficiency. The plant
configuration and deployed technologies support Air Products'
overall sustainability goals of reducing energy consumption and
emissions.
Refineries, upgraders and other customers in Alberta's Industrial Heartland have increasing
demands for hydrogen in order to produce cleaner burning
transportation fuels. The new plant, as well as Air Products'
two existing hydrogen production facilities located near
Edmonton, are joined via a 30-mile
pipeline network to provide a very reliable source of hydrogen for
these industries.
"We have customers in different parts of the world connected to
our hydrogen pipeline systems, and they have noted the benefit of
being connected to a large hydrogen pipeline network when it comes
to enhanced supply reliability. We believe our model will continue
to serve the Heartland customers well," said Ffolkes. Ffolkes
added that 95 percent of the Heartland pipeline followed the path
of existing pipelines to minimize the need for environmental
disturbances.
Pipelines offer a safe, robust and reliable supply of hydrogen
to the refinery and petrochemical industry around the world.
Globally, Air Products' pipeline operational expertise is evidenced
by its network of systems. Besides the Heartland Hydrogen Pipeline
system, Air Products also has a hydrogen pipeline in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, and operates the
world's largest hydrogen pipeline network in the United States Gulf Coast, as well as
pipeline systems in California in
the U.S. and Rotterdam, the
Netherlands.
Hydrogen is widely used in petroleum refining processes to
remove impurities found in crude oil, such as sulphur, olefins and
aromatics, to meet product fuels specifications. Removing these
components allows gasoline and diesel to burn cleaner and thus
makes hydrogen a critical component in the production of cleaner
fuels needed by modern, efficient internal combustion engines.
About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading Industrial Gases company
celebrating 75 years of operation. The company's core Industrial
Gases business provides atmospheric and process gases and related
equipment to manufacturing markets, including refining and
petrochemical, metals, electronics, and food and beverage. Air
Products is also the world's leading supplier of liquefied natural
gas process technology and equipment. The company's Materials
Technologies business serves the semiconductor, polyurethanes,
cleaning and coatings, and adhesives industries.
The company had fiscal 2015 sales of $9.9
billion and was ranked number 288 on the Fortune 500 annual
list of public companies. Approximately 19,000 employees in 50
countries strive to make Air Products the world's safest and best
performing Industrial Gases company, providing sustainable
offerings and excellent service to all customers. For more
information, visit www.airproducts.com.
NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements
within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are
based on management's reasonable expectations and assumptions as of
the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual
performance and financial results may differ materially from
projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking
statements because of many factors not anticipated by management,
including risk factors described in the Company's Form 10K for its
fiscal year ended September 30,
2015.
EDITOR'S NOTE:
A downloadable photo of Air Products'
new hydrogen production facility in Ft. Saskatchewan, AB, is available in the
company's online News Center.
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