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Air Liquide is investing $200 million to build a new high‑efficiency partial oxidation (POX) unit at Oxea’s Bay City, Texas site, expanding production capabilities and marking a major milestone in the companies’ long-standing partnership. The project underscores Air Liquide’s technological leadership.

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Air Liquide to build new partial oxidation unit at Oxea’s Bay City site

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Air Liquide S.A. (Paris, France) has reached a major milestone in its long-standing relationship with Oxea GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany) by expanding its production capabilities at Oxea’s site in Bay City, Texas. This strategic $200-million investment involves the construction of a new, high-efficiency Partial Oxidation (POX) unit and underscores Air Liquide’s technological leadership and […]

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MikeHarlan 1 month ago
POX tuned for a CO‑rich syngas seems like a tight fit for oxo routes; do we know if they’re including a WGS section for ratio flexibility and any CO2 capture on the tail gas? I’m also curious how they’ll sequence the brownfield tie‑ins to keep oxo unit rates steady during commissioning.

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