Air Products and N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie have signed an industrial gas equipment agreement to help address a matter of national energy importance for The Netherlands.
Air Products will supply Gasunie with three generation plants to produce the nitrogen needed to condition imported natural gas as a substitute for discontinued local sources.
The equipment supplied by Air Products is part of a response to natural gas extraction issues in The Netherlands. The country had previously been sourcing natural gas from its domestic Groningen Field however, seismic activity resulted in a need to switch to imported gas. Adding to complications, the supply of imported natural gas was incompatible with the applications served by the domestic Groningen source.
The plants to be built and supplied by Air Products will provide a compatible solution. Producing the nitrogen required to condition the imported natural gas to the correct specification, making it suitable for widespread use in the country.
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