Industrial gases specialist Messer has signed a contract that secures access to a CO2 source in the southern Vietnamese province of Binh Phuoc. Messer will receive 200 metric tons of raw carbon dioxide per day, which will be obtained as a by-product from a bioethanol plant in Bu Dang District. Operator of the plant is Orient Bio-fuel Co. Ltd., which launched the construction of the US$80m bioethanol plant on 19 March, 2010. Messer will build a liquefaction plant for carbon dioxide with an initial capacity of 70 metric tons per day, due to be expanded later on to 200 tons per day. The liquefaction plant for carbon dioxide will be delivered and built by the competence center of CO2, the ASCO Carbon Dioxide Ltd, which belongs to Messer Group. The owner-managed industrial gases producer already has the permits for the CO2 pipeline, the construction site and the electricity supply. The new CO2 investment project represents a further expansion of Messer’s activities in Vietnam and will give potential investors in Vietnam access to a secure and long-term supply of carbon dioxide. The construction of the bioethanol plant in Binh Phuoc is part of the biofuel development programme adopted by the Vietnamese government in November 2007. The biofuel plant is due to be completed within the next 21 months and will have an annual raw material requirement of 240,000 metric tons of cassava for a production capacity of 100 million litres of bioethanol. The bioethanol will be mixed with oil products from the Dung Quat Oil Refinery and sold on the local market in order to secure the fuel supply for the economy in the coming years.
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The name Messer has been associated with expertise in industrial gases for more than 100 years. Messer Group manufacture and supply oxygen, nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, helium, inert welding gases, special gases, gases for medicinal use and a wide variety of gas mixtures. more
The name Messer has been associated with expertise in industrial gases for more than 100 years. Messer Group manufacture and supply oxygen, nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, helium, inert welding gases, special gases, gases for medicinal use and a wide variety of gas mixtures. more
