By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Jan. 12 -- Air Products Canada Ltd. plans to build a second hydrogen production plant adjacent to Petro-Canada Products Ltd.'s 135,000 b/d refinery in Edmonton, Alta.
The first plant, a 71 MMscfd facility, is under construction and is expected to be on stream in April 2006.
The new 105-MMscfd hydrogen and steam generating plant, expected on stream in April 2008, would be the first to supply hydrogen to the refinery for use in the upgrading of syncrude from Canadian oil sands, Air Products said.
Air Products will own and operate the two hydrogen facilities, which will be interconnected and will supply hydrogen also to several other customers in the Edmonton industrial corridor.
Technip, Paris, is providing the design and construction for hydrogen generation units while Air Products provides gas separation technology.
Air Products will own and operate and maintain the plants under long-term agreements with customers.
