Singapore Oxygen Air Liquide

Paris/France – Singapore Oxygen Air Liquide (Soxal), a fully owned subsidiary of Air Liquide, has signed a long term contract to supply hydrogen to Neste Oil’s Renewable Diesel plant in Singapore. In order to meet Neste Oil’s industrial gas requirements, Soxal will invest approximately € 125 million to build, own and operate a new world-scale Steam Methane Reformer (SMR) on Jurong Island. This unit is expected to start up in 2010 and will produce about 100,000 Nm³ per hour of hydrogen.