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The technology company The Linde Group and Finnish refining company Neste Oil have agreed on a long-term on-site hydrogen supply contract. According to the agreement, Linde will build a new hydrogen production unit for Neste Oil’s Porvoo refinery near Helsinki, Finland. The total investment value from Linde and Neste Oil amounts to approximately EUR 100 million.
“This is an important project for Linde as it strengthens our position as a supplier for hydrogen in the refinery sector,” said Professor Dr Aldo Belloni, member of the Executive Board of Linde AG. “We will once again take advantage of combining the hydrogen plant technology of our Engineering Division with the operating experience of our Gases Division.”
Neste Oil’s Porvoo refinery already has two hydrogen production units with the older one now due for replacement by a more efficient unit. Linde’s Engineering Division will build the turn-key plant while Linde’s North European subsidiary AGA will be responsible for the operation of the new unit that is planned to come on stream in 2016. Neste Oil will build the piping between the new plant and the refinery.
Neste Oil的总裁兼首席执行官Matti Lievonen说:“与AGA的合作是提高我们的氢生产效率的绝佳解决方案。”“旧的氢生产单元的运营成本很高,并且在未来几年内保持大量投资。使用这种新工厂,将更新并增加巢油的可用氢生产能力,这将提高炼油厂的可靠性和灵活性。同时,该解决方案还将为我们释放资本,并使我们能够开发与Neste Oil的更清洁交通策略有关的核心业务。”
“Taking into consideration the increasing feedstock cost in the region, we have selected a plant concept with very high efficiency and heat integration,” said Jan Bäckvall, Head of Region Europe North at Linde. “This will not only be a cost-competitive source of hydrogen for Neste Oil but will also reduce local CO2 emissions.”
该氢将在蒸汽重整过程中由天然气生产,并将在Porvoo炼油厂中用于许多工艺和产品。氢用于生产不含硫的柴油燃料以及高质量的基础油。
The new contract is an expansion of the two companies’ existing supply relationship at the Porvoo site. Linde already provides Neste Oil with air gases while obtaining in return off-gas CO2 for subsequent purification.
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