The Tier One industrial gas company Air Products, and its subsidiary Air Products Canada Ltd., recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially inaugurate its 175,000 nm3/h hydrogen (H2) production facility in Saskatchewan.
The $300m installation, which was originally due to be commissioned in the second half of 2015, is the largest single steam methane reformer (SMR) in Canada. The site represents Air Products’ third SMR in Canada’s refinery corridor.
The facility is linked to the company’s existing H2 pipeline network which supplies refiners, upgraders, chemical processors and other industries in the Alberta Industrial Heartland region. The 30-mile pipeline network also links to the company’s other two H2production facilities near Edmonton in the North American country.
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