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03.12.2024 • News

Air Liquide to Launch New Renewable Hydrogen Production Facility in France

French industrial gases group Air Liquide is launching a renewable hydrogen production project at La Mède, France, to supply TotalEnergies’ biorefinery at that site under a long-term contract. AirLiquide will build, own, and operate the new unit with a capacity of 25,000 t/y, producing hydrogen from recycled biogenic by-products instead of fossil hydrocarbons.

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15.04.2024 • News

Air Liquide Expands Biomethane Capacities in the US

Air Liquide is to expand its capacities in biomethane, also known as renewable natural gas (RNG) in the US, with the construction of two new production units. These units, located in Center Township, Pennsylvania, and Holland Township, Michigan, will treat waste sourced from dairy farms.

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09.02.2024 • News

Air Liquide and Dow Renew Supply Deal for German Site

Air Liquide and Dow renewed their industrial gas supply agreement for Dow’s chemical production site in Stade, Germany. Under the long-term agreement, Air Liquide will supply industrial gases and invest almost €40 million in modernizing its facilities to increase operational efficiency and reduce CO₂ emissions.

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16.11.2023 • News

Air Liquide and Eneos Partner on Low-Carbon Hydrogen in Japan

French industrial gases group Air Liquide and Japanese energy company Eneos have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on accelerating the development of low-carbon hydrogen in Japan and contribute to the energy transition, covering the entire low-carbon hydrogen value chain.

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02.06.2023 • News

Germany’s Messer to Buy Out Investor CVC

Toward bringing global operations under sole family control for the first time since selling the bulk to Hoechst 1965, German industrial gases producer Messer is buying out investor CVC. To finance the plan, the company will sell a stake to Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC.

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29.03.2023 • News

Air Liquide Builds Pilot Ammonia Cracking Plant

Air Liquide plans to build an ammonia cracking pilot plant in the Port of Antwerp, Belgium. The plant will be based on a novel process using Air Liquide’s proprietary technologies and is scheduled to start operating in 2024.

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22.09.2022 • News

Consortium Plans Carbon Capture in Singapore

Air Liquide, Chevron, PetroChina and Keppel Infrastructure are planning to form a consortium that will explore the development of large-scale carbon capture, utilization and sequestration (CCUS) solutions and integrated infrastructure in Singapore.

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22.07.2022 • News

Air Liquide Invests in Two China Hydrogen Plants

Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Industrial Gases (SCIPIG), a subsidiary of French industrial gases group Air Liquide, will invest more than €200 million in two hydrogen plants and related infrastructure in China’s Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP).

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01.03.2022 • News

Antwerp@C Project Moves into Engineering

The Antwerp@C project, which aims to halve the Port of Antwerp’s CO2 emissions, has started engineering studies following the completing of a feasibility study last year. The engineering studies will further investigate constructing a central “backbone” throughout the port, along the industrial zones on both the Right and Left Banks of the River Scheldt.

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28.02.2022 • News

Air Liquide and Pertamina Partner on Decarbonization

Air Liquide has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pertamina to explore solutions for decarbonizing the Indonesian national energy company’s operations. The partnership will contribute toward Indonesia’s efforts to meet its ambition of reaching Net Zero by 2060.

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11.02.2022 • News

Air Liquide Plans Mega Biomethane Plant in US

French multinational industrial gases group Air Liquide has announced it will build its largest-ever biomethane plant in the US. The new plant to be located in Rockford, Illinois, will take the company’s total annual global capacity to 1.8 terawatt hours (TWh) when it starts up by the end of 2023.

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26.11.2021 • News

Air Liquide and BASF Win EU Funds for Antwerp CCS Project

Air Liquide and BASF have received an undisclosed funding award from the European Innovation Fund as part of plans to develop what the EU expects to be the world’s largest cross-border Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) value chain, starting at the Port of Antwerp in Belgium.

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22.10.2021 • News

Air Liquide Advances French Green Hydrogen Project

Air Liquide has raised its stake in H2V Normandy from 40% to 100%, renaming it Air Liquide Normand’Hy. The French industrial gases group, which bought its original stake only in January, said the strategic investment will support the development of a low-carbon hydrogen ecosystem in the Normandy industrial basin. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

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15.10.2021 • NewsStrategy

A Pivotal Move to Net-Zero

Leading global chemical companies and the World Economic Forum (WEF) have announced that they are entering an agreement to formalize the Low-Carbon Emitting Technologies (LCET) initiative into a stand-alone entity by the end of 2023, to share early-stage risks and co-invest in developing and upscaling low-carbon emitting technologies.

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05.10.2021 • News

Synthos to Build Butadiene Plant at Plock

Polish plastics and rubber producer Synthos is building a new butadiene extrusion unit, coupled with associated logistics infrastructure, at Plock, Poland. The new facility due on stream in 2024 will have an ultimate capacity of 120,000 t/y and will feed the company’s production in central and eastern Europe.

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14.07.2021 • News

Air Liquide and Partners Explore French CCS Project

Air Liquide, Borealis, TotalEnergies, Esso and Yara International have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the development of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) infrastructure project to help decarbonize their facilities in Normandy, France.

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29.06.2021 • News

Air Liquide Invests in China Gases Plant

French gases group Air Liquide has announced plans to invest about €70 million in building a plant in Wuhan, China, to supply a major memory chipmaker, whose identity was not disclosed. Air Liquide will build, own and operate the ultra-high purity industrial gases plant, which will produce 52,000 Nm3/hr of nitrogen, as well as oxygen, argon and other gases. The facility is planned to be operational in 2022.

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01.06.2021 • News

Air Liquide Launches Sustainable Investment Platform

French industrial gases group Air Liquide is partnering multinational investment bank Rothschild & Co and environmental NGO Solar Impulse Foundation (SIF) to launch a €200 million growth, buyout and late-stage venture investment fund. The move is part of Air Liquide’s ambition to be carbon neutral by 2050.

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30.03.2021 • News

Air Liquide Announces Ambitious ESG Targets

French multinational gases group Air Liquide has announced what it termed “ambitious” environmental, social and governance (ESG) objectives to act for a sustainable future. The objectives include firm targets to reduce CO2 emissions and accelerate hydrogen development.

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25.09.2020 • News

Air Liquide Builds China Gases Plant

French industrial gases group Air Liquide is spending about €60 million to build an air separation unit (ASU) in the Lingang Economic District, Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone, China. Air Liquide said it has been supplying industrial gases to this major industrial basin for more than 25 years and already operates seven production facilities there.

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08.09.2020 • News

Air Liquide and Eastman in Gases Deal

Air Liquide has entered into a long-term agreement with Eastman Chemical for the supply of additional gaseous oxygen, nitrogen and syngas. The extra volumes will support Eastman’s growth and production in Longview, Texas, USA.

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05.08.2020 • News

Air Liquide to Take Sasol’s Oxygen Site

Air Liquide and Sasol have entered into exclusive negotiations for the French industrial gases group to acquire Sasol’s oxygen production site in Secunda, South Africa. The move is part of Sasol’s plans to cut CO2 emissions.

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15.07.2020 • News

Air Liquide Builds Gases Plant in US

Air Liquide will spend over $100 million to install an air separation unit (ASU) on its Gulf Coast pipeline network in Ingleside, Texas, USA, to support a long-term supply agreement with Steel Dynamics Inc (SDI).

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