Engineering Air Products to Build New Industrial Gas Complex in India

Source: Press release Ahlam Rais

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Air Products will develop a new industrial gas complex on BOO basis and supply hydrogen, nitrogen and steam to Indian Oil Corporation’s Barauni Refinery in Bihar, India. The project will help the Indian firm to expand its current production capacity of Euro-VI or BS-VI compliant gasoline and diesel at the site.

(L–R): Amit Kumar, General Manager (Projects), IOCL and Shibaditya Sen, Director of Business Development, Large Projects, Air Products India.
(L–R): Amit Kumar, General Manager (Projects), IOCL and Shibaditya Sen, Director of Business Development, Large Projects, Air Products India.
(Source: Air Products)

Pune/India – Air Products has recently announced the signing of a long-term supply agreement with Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL), India’s flagship national oil company. Air Products will build, own and operate (BOO) a new industrial gases complex supplying hydrogen, nitrogen and steam to IOCL’s Barauni Refinery in Bihar, India.

The new industrial gas complex will aid IOCL’s capacity expansion from six to nine million tons per annum producing Euro-VI or BS-VI compliant gasoline and diesel at its Barauni complex. The industrial gas complex will include the latest generation multi-feed hydrogen production facility supplying 70,000 normal cubic meters per hour (Nm3/hr) of hydrogen as well as steam, and a high-efficiency air separation unit producing 4,000 Nm3/hr of nitrogen.

Once completed, the Barauni project will be Air Products’ second BOO project in India, after the Kochi Industrial Gas complex at BPCL’s Kochi Refinery.

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