Praxair China has signed a long-term supply contract with Yankuang Guohong Chemical Co., Ltd. and Yankuang Group to supply industrial gases to its coal gasification process operations in northern China.
The gases will be used in the company’s coal gasification process for the production of methanol and downstream chemicals at the chemical park in Zoucheng city.
To meet the gas demand of Yankuang Guohong for its coal to chemical project, Praxair will construct a large air separation facility with a capacity of 3,000 tons of oxygen per day and purchase Yankuang Guohong’s existing air separation units.
The new plant is scheduled to start up in late 2014 and will replace Yankuang Guohong’s existing air separation units.
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