Air Liquide宣布对美国湾岸的重大投资，以支持与Methanex Corporation的新的长期协议

Air Liquide announces an agreement with Methanex Corporation to supply oxygen, nitrogen and utilities to its upcoming methanol plant expansion project in Geismar, Louisiana. To serve Methanex and its other customers in the industrial basin that encompases Geismar and Baton Rouge, Air Liquide will invest more than 270 million US dollars in two new large Air Separation Units and infrastructure assets connected to its Mississippi River Pipeline, and significantly increase its production capacity in the U.S. Gulf Coast region.

To support the levels of oxygen and nitrogen needed at Methanex’s third methanol plant in Geismar, as well as other customers along its Mississippi River Pipeline System,空气液化空气将构建两个新的空间分离装置，每个新的空气分离单元都有2,500吨/天的氧气- increasing the company’s Mississippi River Pipeline’s supply capacity by more than 25%.

Air Liquide与Methanex的一致进一步加强了液化液化液体在美国海湾海岸地区的地位，以及Geismar和Baton Rouge之间的动态工业盆地。预计新的空气分离单位将在2022年中期开始生产，以支持甲烷的甲醇的生产。

This investment also enhances the competitiveness of Air Liquide in one of the major industrial basinsby modernizing its asset fleet and increasing energy efficiency，进一步降低其运营的碳强度，并有助于实现该集团的2025年气候目标。

Michael J. Graff,行政副总裁兼执行委员会成员Air Liquide Group表示：

“我们赞赏世界领导者等世界领导者的持续信任，并致力于通过安全可靠的供应来提供运营卓越。Air Liquide’s significant investment to support this new endeavor by Methanex and enhance our infrastructure in the Geismar Basin further demonstrates our global commitment to energy efficiency, our collaborative approach to meeting the needs of customers, and highlights our outlook for the robust growth of industry in the Gulf Coast region of the U.S.”