Technip was awarded a contract by Air Products to provide technology, engineering and procurement services for a grassroots hydrogen plant in Baytown, Texas, officials announced on Friday.
The 3.5 million standard cubic meters/day plant will produce hydrogen and
carbon monoxide (CO) to be supplied to customers from Air Products’ established Gulf Coast Hydrogen and CO Pipeline networks.
The plant will be built through the global hydrogen alliance between Air Products and Technip. It will feature Technip’s proprietary, high-efficiency steam methane reforming (SMR)
technology to produce high-purity hydrogen,
carbon monoxide and export steam.
Technip’s operating center in Claremont, California, will execute the
project, which is scheduled for completion in 2018.
"We are proud that our SMR technology is helping customers meet the world’s growing energy needs in a reliable, efficient and sustainable manner," said Stan Knez, president of Technip Stone & Webster Process
Technology.
"We look forward to executing this new
project under our global alliance with Air Products," he added. "This is the longest and most productive global hydrogen alliance supporting the oil and gas industry around the world.”