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Air Products Brings Hydrogen Production Facility On-Stream to Supply ExxonMobil's Joliet, Illinois Refinery

23 Oct 2006 - Air Product announced that its hydrogen production facility at ExxonMobil Oil Corporation's Joliet Refinery in Illinois is on-stream. The Air Products facility, located adjacent to the refinery, is an integrated steam methane reformer and recovery system processing refinery off-gas. It supplies 18 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD) of hydrogen, as well as steam for the refinery.
 
The Joliet hydrogen facility is the 26th to be built under the global alliance between Air Products and Technip. Technip provides the design and construction for hydrogen generation units while Air Products provides the gas separation technology. Air Products 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.