Air Products to supply hydrogen for Shell Deer Park refinery in Texas
Air Products announced a long-term agreement with Shell Oil to supply a significant portion of the hydrogen requirements at Shell's refinery in Deer Park, Texas.
The hydrogen supply will commence in mid-2013, the company said. Financial terms were not disclosed.
The Deer Park facility will be connected to Air Products' industry-leading Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline supply network that serves multiple refinery and petrochemical companies in the region.
"We are pleased to be selected to supply Shell's hydrogen need at Deer Park,” said Wilbur Mok, vice president of North America tonnage gases at Air Products. “The structure of this agreement is another example of the flexibility and reliability provided by our Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline network.
“The value created by the versatility of the pipeline network to be able to shift supply, if necessary, to customer facilities throughout the Gulf Coast was recognized and resulted in our winning this business," he added.
Hydrogen is widely used in petroleum refining processes to remove impurities found in crude oil such as sulfur, olefins and aromatics to meet the 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.
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