Air Liquide America Building Air Separation Unit in South Texas.HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 17, 1998--Air Liquide America Corporation today announced it will build an air separation unit at Ingleside, Texas Ingleside is a town in San Patricio County in Texas, United States. The population was 9,388 at the 2000 census. Ingleside is also home to Naval Station Ingleside. On August 24, 2005, the BRAC Committee voted to close the base. , to supply 1,500 tons-per-day of gaseous gas·e·ous adj. 1. Of, relating to, or existing as a gas. 2. Full of or containing gas; gassy. oxygen to its pipeline customers. The new plant will also supply gaseous nitrogen to pipeline customers and install new backup systems for added reliability on its 1,600-mile Gulf Coast pipeline. "San Patricio San Patricio is Spanish for Saint Patrick. As a name it may have several meanings:
"Air Liquide America is building these facilities because of growing demand in South Texas," said Ron LaBarre, senior vice president, Tonnage Business, Air Liquide America. "To enhance our position in that market, we are adding liquid production and business managers to the area to meet customer needs. This will result in new investments, construction jobs, and production/business jobs to the local economy." The company recently announced the construction of a liquefier liq·ue·fy also liq·ui·fy v. liq·ue·fied, liq·ue·fy·ing, liq·ue·fies v.tr. To cause to become liquid, especially: a. To melt (a solid) by heating. b. to be built in Ingleside, and currently maintains hydrogen production Hydrogen production is commonly completed from hydrocarbon fossil fuels via a chemical path. Hydrogen may also be extracted from water via biological production in an algae bioreactor, or using electricity (by electrolysis) or heat (by thermolysis); these methods are presently not , liquid storage, and backup vaporization vaporization, change of a liquid or solid substance to a gas or vapor. There is fundamentally no difference between the terms gas and vapor, but gas is used commonly to describe a substance that appears in the gaseous state under standard conditions of systems as well. Construction of the latest portion of the project will be completed by Air Liquide Process & Construction in late 1999. Air Liquide is an international group, specialized in industrial and medical gases as well as associated services. Present in over 60 countries, it employs over 27,000 people. The 1997 sales were $6.6 billion (US dollars). The group supplies oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen and many other gases for industries such as iron and steel, refining, chemicals, glass, electronics, pulp and paper, metallurgy, food, health care and space. Air Liquide provides innovative solutions to improve the industrial performance of its customers and helps them protect the environment. CONTACT: Air Liquide America, Houston Thomas A. Colyandro, 713/624-8055 |
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