Two Proprietary LNG Heat Exchangers to be Manufactured at Air Products’ LNG Equipment Manufacturing Facility in Port Manatee, Florida 

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., May 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Air Products (NYSE: APD), the world’s leader in liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology and equipment, today announced it has signed an agreement with Bechtel Energy Inc. to provide its proprietary LNG process technology, tools and advisory companies to Sempra Infrastructure’s Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 venture in Jefferson County, Texas. The Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 venture is totally permitted and is designed to incorporate two pure fuel liquefaction trains, two liquefied pure fuel (LNG) storage tanks and related services with a nameplate capability of roughly 13 million tonnes every year (MTPA).

Air Products’ world-class LNG tools manufacturing facility in Port Manatee, Florida will manufacture two primary cryogenic warmth exchangers for its AP-C3MR^TM LNG course of expertise. The anticipated business operation dates for Trains 1 and a couple of for Port Arthur LNG are projected for 2027 and 2028. This is the third Sempra Infrastructure venture for which Air Products’ LNG expertise was chosen, the primary being the three trains on the Cameron, Louisiana LNG facility which have been working with AP-C3MR expertise since 2019, and the second being the Energia Costa Azul (ECA) liquefaction venture in Mexico.

“We are honored to be selected for the Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 project and this opportunity to further support the North American LNG production market in the Gulf Coast. Our proven large scale heat exchangers and unrivaled process technology are at the heart of the majority of LNG export facilities around the world, both on and offshore. With the global demand for LNG increasing in the coming decades, our LNG equipment manufacturing facility located in Port Manatee is equipped to meet this demand, and the 2019 expansion of our production facilities there demonstrated Air Products’ long-term commitment to this important market,” mentioned Dr. Samir J. Serhan, Air Products’ Chief Operating Officer.

“Bechtel is proud to work with Air Products. Their reliable and proven technology is critical to the design, construction, and operations of Port Arthur LNG,” mentioned Paul Marsden, president of Bechtel Energy. “Together with Air Products, Bechtel will deliver a robustly engineered and well-constructed, quality plant for Sempra Infrastructure, enabling them to meet the growing demand for clean, affordable energy.”

Under the settlement, Air Products will present engineering, design and manufacturing of the warmth exchanger tools for the liquefaction sections of two giant trains, which can use Air Products’ proprietary AP-C3MR propane pre-cooled blended refrigerant liquefaction course of expertise. In addition, Air Products will present engineering research and technical advisory companies for the set up and startup of every LNG practice. The AP-C3MR course of is used to supply extra LNG than every other course of on the planet. This course of is confirmed, extremely dependable, versatile and has develop into the business normal.

Air Products opened its world-class Port Manatee facility in January 2014 and accomplished a 60% growth in October 2019 to satisfy the wants of the ever-growing LNG business.In October 2018, a brand new LNG tools take a look at facility (ETF) was devoted, which allows Air Products to repeatedly enhance the reliability and yield produced from its LNG tools and to design new tools.

Air Products’ proprietary LNG course of expertise and tools are important to serving to meet the world’s rising vitality wants and want for clear vitality, processes and cryogenically liquefies worthwhile pure fuel for shopper and industrial use. For over 50 years Air Products has manufactured LNG warmth exchangers, which at the moment function in over 100 LNG trains in 20 nations around the globe. 

Typically, an LNG warmth exchanger might be as giant as over 15 ft (5 meters) in diameter and 180 ft (55 meters) lengthy. A completed unit can weigh as a lot as 500 tons. Photos of Air Products’ LNG expertise might be downloaded for publication with correct attribution at http://prphotolibrary.airproducts.com/ImageViewer.aspx?q=LNG.

Air Products’ LNG course of expertise and tools is the center of an LNG manufacturing plant. The expertise, in place at a few of the most distant areas around the globe, takes pure fuel and unlocks its worth by liquefying it and making it doable to ship it economically. The LNG is ultimately re-gasified for vitality makes use of.

The majority of complete worldwide LNG is produced with Air Products’ expertise. In help of the LNG business, Air Products gives course of expertise and key tools for the pure fuel liquefaction course of for big export vegetation, small and mid-sized LNG vegetation, floating LNG vegetation, and LNG peak shavers. Upstream, Air Products gives each nitrogen and pure fuel dehydration membrane methods for offshore platforms. Downstream, Air Products gives membrane nitrogen mills for LNG carriers and land-based membrane and cryogenic nitrogen methods for LNG import terminals and baseload LNG vegetation.

About Air Products  
Air Products (NYSE: APD) is a world-leading industrial gases firm in operation for over 80 years targeted on serving vitality, environmental, and rising markets. The Company has two progress pillars pushed by sustainability. Air Products’ base enterprise gives important industrial gases, associated tools and purposes experience to prospects in dozens of industries, together with refining, chemical compounds, metals, electronics, manufacturing, and meals. The Company additionally develops, engineers, builds, owns and operates a few of the world’s largest industrial fuel and carbon-capture tasks, supplying world-scale clear hydrogen for world transportation, industrial markets, and the broader vitality transition. Additionally, Air Products is the world chief within the provide of liquefied pure fuel course of expertise and tools, and globally gives turbomachinery, membrane methods and cryogenic containers. 

The Company had fiscal 2022 gross sales of $12.7 billion from operations in over 50 nations and has a present market capitalization of over $65 billion. More than 21,000 passionate, gifted and dedicated staff from various backgrounds are pushed by Air Products’ greater goal to create revolutionary options that profit the setting, improve sustainability and reimagine what’s doable to handle the challenges going through prospects, communities, and the world. For extra data, go to www.airproducts.com or observe us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.  

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