Industrial gas giant Air Liquide has signed a long-term renewal contract to supply hydrogen (H2) and carbon monoxide (CO) to BASF’s production units at the port of Antwerp, Belgium.
This is the latest, strategic investment move by the Tier One player having financed €160m ($174m) for a world-scale H2 production unit and a further €50m ($54m) in a new CO facility for the basin, commissioned in 2007 and 2015, respectively.
Both of these units have since been integrated into the company’s pipeline network, which expands over 200km and serves northern Europe.
The BASF site in Antwerp, which was established in 1964, is the largest chemical production site in Belgium and is the group’s second largest complex in the world, featuring around 50 facilities and over 580km of pipeline.
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