Under the 20-years contract, Air Products and ACWA will supply 75,000 metric tons of gas per day to Saudi Aramco’s refinery, which is under construction in Jazan.
Being built in the province of Jazan, the refinery is expected to have 400,000 barrel per day capacity to process heavy and medium crude oils and produce gasoline, ultra-low sulfur diesel, benzene and paraxylene.
Air Products chairman, president and CEO Seifi Ghasemi said: "We are very pleased that Saudi Aramco trusts Air Products and our partner ACWA Holding to economically and reliably supply the critical gases needed for its refinery in Jazan."
Air Products will use its proprietary technology to design and build the industrial gas complex, which will be owned 25%by Air Products and 75% by ACWA.
Air Products provides atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and related equipment to manufacturing markets including metals, food and beverage, refining and petrochemical, and natural gas liquefaction.
ACWA chairman Mohamed Abunayan said: "This mammoth undertaking complements the portfolio of power, water, renewable energy, district cooling, integrated waste and resource recovery projects of ACWA Holding as the premier infrastructure developer in the region."
The Jazan refinery is planned to be completed by late 2016.
