Air Separation Units (ASUs)

Linde has started up its 470 tonne-per-day air separation plant in Lewisville, Arkansas. The plant, which produces liquid nitrogen and oxygen, was built to meet rapidly growing customer demand in Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma.

Kaifeng Air Separation Group Company Limited has recently announced that the air separation plant (ASU) it manufactured for the Yingde Chizhou project has been successfully started up.

Linde North America has begun the process for a major overhaul of two of its air separation units (ASUs) after renewing long-term contracts with two of its major tonnage customers.

MATHESON has entered into an agreement with Sasol to supply tonnage oxygen and nitrogen to Sasol’s world-scale ethane cracker, which is part of Sasol’s $8.1bn expansion in Lake Charles, LA.  

Air Liquide Canada will construct of a new oxygen pipeline in Hamilton, Ontario, with the support of Horizon Utilities and the Ontario Power Authority’s saveONenergy Program.

Air Products has entered into an agreement with Sibur-Khimprom, a subsidiary of Sibur Holding, to build a new air separation unit in Perm (Russia) and to supply the facility with locally produced gases.

Air Liquide Large Industries US (Air Liquide) has hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Air Separation Unit (ASU) that will produce oxygen, nitrogen and argon at its production facility in Port Neches, Texas.

Linde North America has completed the installation of the gasifier vessel, a significant step in the construction of its new gasification train at its La Porte, Texas, facility.

Air Products South Africa and Sasol Chemical Industries have signed a landmark agreement, which will see Air Products purchase the Sasolburg A2100 air separation unit (ASU), and simultaneously commence with a new long-term supply agreement.

Air Products South Africa unveiled its R300m Eastern Cape air separation unit (ASU) in the Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) at a ceremony held in the country on November 6th.