Air Products（纽约证券交易所：APD）是全球领先的氢提供商，今天宣布了一份长期供应合同，并计划建立新的世界规模的氢生产工厂，以服务于荷兰的埃克森美孚（Esso）鹿特丹炼油厂和该地区的其他客户。该工厂将采用技术进步，以最大程度地提高设施能源效率和减少排放。它将连接到空气产品的广泛鹿特丹氢管道网络系统，预计将在2011年下半年进行。
"We are proud to strengthen our relationship with ExxonMobil with this new contract in Europe and to build a new state-of-the-art hydrogen production facility," said Howard Castle-Smith, vice president-Tonnage Gases, Equipment and Energy for Air Products in Europe and the Middle East. "This project enhances Air Products' existing operations and pipeline network system in the Netherlands where we have a number of hydrogen facilities in the Rotterdam region supplying the refining and chemical industries. This new project demonstrates our commitment to a region which has made hydrogen a key to its continued development."
"The new hydrogen facility will use cutting edge processes and technology to maximize energy efficiency and significantly reduce overall plant emissions," said Denis Deheusch, general manager-Tonnage Gases for Air Products in the Benelux. "We will be able to achieve this through an enhanced plant design which targets minimal loss of heat to the environment and a reduced natural gas requirement."
鹿特丹项目基于过去一年中的两次公告，涉及空气产品和美国的埃克森美孚。Air Products正在建造一个新的世界规模的氢生产设施，该设施将为埃克森美孚的巴吞鲁日（Louisiana）设施提供，并宣布了Air Products的墨西哥湾海岸网络向德克萨斯州炼油厂的埃克森美孚（Exxonmobil）的Baytown宣布氢管道供应协议。这两个项目均应在2010年进行。
Air Products' hydrogen facility in Rotterdam will be built through the global alliance between Air Products and Technip. This alliance, which has built over 30 hydrogen production facilities, continues to provide the worldwide refining industry with competitive technology and world-class safety. Technip provides the design and construction expertise for steam reformers while Air Products provides the gas separation technology. Air Products, through its extensive operating network, and Technip, from its large reference base, also bring effective operational and engineering knowledge to "design-in" high reliability and efficiency. The plants are operated and maintained by Air Products under long-term agreements with customers.