Praxair starts hydrogen facility for Dow Chemical in US Gulf Coast

Industrial gases major Praxair Inc has started a hydrogen facility that will recover by-product streams from The Dow Chemical Company’s Freeport (Texas, USA) operations. Under a long-term contract, Praxair is supplying high-purity hydrogen back to Dow in order to meet the company’s needs across Southeast Texas. Additionally, the hydrogen will be used by Praxair to help supply increasing customer demand in the region.

Praxair has also signed a long-term contract with Dow to supply nitrogen to the company for use in its chemical production facility. The nitrogen supply is expected to start in 2019. Dow will use both gases to support