Airgas Inc. has today announced that it will build a new 450 tpd liquid CO2 plant at the Shell Deer Park Refinery Complex near Houston, Texas and has also entered into a 15 year agreement with Shell Oil Company, which will supply the feedstock of raw CO2 for the Airgas facility.
Shell Global Solutions is believed to have played an important role in the development of the project, identifying the opportunity and creating a framework for the collaboration.
Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership, a partnership between Shell Oil Company and PMI Norteamerica S.A de C.V, will construct a pipeline to the Airgas facility where the raw CO2 will be purified and liquefied for commercial and beverage-grade use.
Division president Ted Schulte, whose division includes Airgas Carbonic and Airgas Dry Ice, commented, “By building a new world-class facility at this important petrochemical refinery, Airgas will better serve carbon dioxide customers in the greater south central Texas market. We currently serve customers in this region through a smaller plant in La Porte, Texas as well as by bringing in products from Star, Mississippi. This new site will create a stronger network of plants for our liquid merchant customers and for our own dry ice production.”
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