Air​ ​Liquide​ ​Engineering​ ​&​ ​Construction​ ​to build two ASUs in ​China

Air Liquide Engineering & Construction (Frankfurt am Main, Germany; www.engineering-airliquide.com) has just signed a new equipment supply contract with Yulin Energy and Chemical Corporation of Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Group, a large energy and chemical company in China. Under​ ​the​ ​terms​ ​of​ ​the​ ​contract,​ ​Air​ ​Liquide​ ​Engineering​ ​&​ ​Construction​ ​will​ ​design​ ​and​ ​build​ ​for​ ​Yanchang Yulin​ ​two​ ​large​ ​air​ ​separation​ ​units​ ​(ASUs)​, each ​with​ ​an​ ​oxygen​ ​capacity​ ​of​ ​1,800​ ​ton/d,​ ​to​ ​supply oxygen​ ​and​ ​nitrogen​ ​widely​ ​used​ ​in​ ​the​ ​chemical​ ​industry,​ ​for​ ​the​ ​customer’s​ ​mega​ ​methanol-to-olefin (MTO) project​ ​located​ ​in​ ​Jingbian​ ​Energy​ ​&​ ​Chemical​ ​Integration​ ​Industrial​ ​Park,​ ​Shaanxi​ ​Province.​ ​The​ ​new​ ​ASUs​ ​will​ ​be​ ​built​ ​by​ ​using​ ​Air​ ​Liquide’s​ ​expertise​ ​and​ ​best-in-class​ ​technologies​, ​which​ ​enable​ ​to maximize​ ​energy​ ​efficiency.

Air Liquide has a longstanding partnership with Yanchang Group, the fourth largest energy company in China and one of the Fortune Global 500 enterprises. In the 2014, Air Liquide Engineering and Construction delivered two ASUs of 1,440 ton/d each to Yanchang-Jingbian Phase I Project. Two additional ASUs of 1,400 ton/d each are currently under construction to supply oxygen “over the fence” to Yanchang for​ ​its​ ​project​ ​Yanan.