By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Aug. 22 -- Air Products & Chemicals Inc., Allentown, Pa., and ExxonMobil Corp. have signed an agreement for Air Products to build an 18 MMscfd hydrogen facility adjacent to ExxonMobil's Joliet, Ill., refinery.
The integrated steam methane reformer and recovery system, which will come on stream in May 2006, will process refinery offgas under a long-term contract, supplying hydrogen and steam to enable the refinery to produce lower-sulfur transportation fuels.
France's Technip SA will design and construct the hydrogen generation unit, while Air Products will provide the gas-separation technology and will own and operate the hydrogen facility.