Air Liquide recently announce the signing of two new contracts that demonstrate its eagerness to strengthen its presence in the major industrial basins of Eastern Europe - a region considered to have a high potential for development.
In Bashkortostan, a republic in the Russian Federation situated in the Urals, Air Liquide is to install an air separation unit with a capacity of 13,000㎥/h of nitrogen and 200㎥/h of oxygen. The nitrogen will be supplied to a Russian oil company for use in rendering its installations inert and the oxygen will be pressurized and distributed in cylinders for the same site. Start up is scheduled for August 2004.
In Slovakia, Air Liquide has signed a 15-year contract with Johns Manville Slovakia for the overall supply of their local oxygen needs.
To follow the rising production requirements, Air Liquide will increase its oxygen production capacity by adding a new cryogenic air separation plant.
