Praxair, Inc. has started up its second air separation unit (ASU) in the Port of Antwerp, as well as announcing plans to extend its pipeline supply system.
Having first publicised plans to develop its presence in the port in 2013, the new 1,300 tonnes per day (tpd) plant increases Praxair’s oxygen (O2) and nitrogen (N2) capacity and will serve long-term customer contracts.
Under the development, Praxair’s extensive pipeline system now supplies O2 and N2 to the majority of chemical companies in the port – which is the second largest petrochemical enclave in the world after Houston, Texas.
The new facility will also produce liquid O2, N2 and argon (Ar) to support local customers and facilitate growth in the pharmaceutical, chemical, glass, cement, metal fabrication and food industries in Belgium and the Netherlands.
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