The increased supply of hydrogen, required to meet production demands at the refinery, will occur in two increments with the first in 2011, and the second in 2012.
Overall, the company will increase the current level of supply from its Garyville hydrogen facility and its Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline network to Marathon’s refinery by approximately 25 million standard cubic feet per day.
In October 2010, Air Products had planned to construct a new 180-mile long pipeline.
The new pipeline extension, which is in the project execution phase, will connect Air Products’ Texas hydrogen system to the Louisiana hydrogen system.
Once complete, Air Products’ hydrogen pipeline supply network will stretch from the Houston Ship Channel in Texas to New Orleans, which will unite over 20 hydrogen plants and over 600 miles of pipelines.
It will supply the Louisiana and Texas refinery and petrochemical industries with over one billion cubic feet of hydrogen per day.
The new Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline network is expected to be operational in 2012.
