Air Products to build hydrogen plant to support Shell's refinery in Canada

Air Products, and its subsidiary Air Products Canada Ltd, on October 16, 2013, announced plans to build, own and operate a new world-scale hydrogen production plant adjacent to Shell Canada’s Scotford facility located northeast of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The Air Products facility will produce over 150 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD) of hydrogen and will be connected to Air Products Canada’s existing Heartland Hydrogen Pipeline system which supplies refiners, upgraders, chemical processors and other industries in the Alberta Industrial Heartland region. The new Air Products Canada hydrogen plant is to be commissioned in the second half of 2015 pending regulatory approval.
 
The new Canadian plant will be built under a long term agreement for Air Products to supply Shell Scotford with hydrogen and steam. The Scotford contract represents the first award under a recently signed Enterprise Framework Agreement (EFA) between Shell and Air Products. The EFA provides a template for all future industrial gas contracts between Shell and Air Products.
 
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“Refineries, upgraders, and other customers in the Heartland region have increasing demands for hydrogen. This new facility, which is connected to our established hydrogen pipeline system, will provide a very reliable source of hydrogen for these industries. We are pleased to be increasing our relationship with Shell, who we already supply at Scotford and other locations around the world,” said Wilbur Mok, VP - North America Tonnage Gases, Air Products. Mok added, “This follows Air Products’ well-established on-site business model of winning profitable projects by signing long-term agreements with reputable customers.”
 
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Air Products will build the new hydrogen facility in alliance with Technip, a world leader in project management, engineering and construction. The plant will feature the latest technology advancements to maximise energy efficiency and emissions reduction, and will include optimal heat integration, which in turn lowers feedstock consumption during production. The plant configuration and deployed technologies support Air Products’ overall sustainability goals of reducing energy consumption and emissions.