6 April 2017
DETAILS
Air Liquide and Oman Oil
Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic),
recently signed a long term agreement
for the supply of nitrogen
to the Liwa Plastics Industries Complex (LPIC),
a new plastics production complex
including the country’s first steam cracker
Orpic is adding to its existing production facilities,
in Sohar industrial port area in Oman.
Investing around €20 million
to build a state-of-the-art nitrogen production unit
with a total capacity of 500 tonnes of nitrogen per day,
Air Liquide will strengthen its leadership position
in a key industrial area
to support the growth of its customer Orpic.
Expected to start operations in the first quarter of 2019,
the new nitrogen plant, along with the expansion
of Air Liquide’s existing pipeline network, will supply
nitrogen for the customer’s plastics production complex
expanding to a capacity of
polyethylene and polypropylene
of 1.4 million tonnes per year.
Those plastics components are needed
for many applications in derived products
from petroleums such as
packaging industries
as well as other industrial applications.
The nitrogen production unit will be designed and built by
Air Liquide’s Engineering and Construction teams
using cutting edge technologies
and bringing its world class expertise.
It will be owned and operated by
Air Liquide Sohar Industrial Gases Company
MEDIA RELATIONS
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Caroline Brugier
+33 (0)1 40 62 50 59
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Aurélie Wayser Langevin
+33 (0)1 40 62 56 19
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Bahaa Hage
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