据Neftegaz.RU 3月4日报道，法国液化空气集团（Air Liquide）通过其拥有75%股份的合资企业液化空气ALMTG增加在哈萨克斯坦的业务，以增加其在该国影响力。
合资公司将投资高达8600万欧元，从哈萨克斯坦国家石油公司（KazMunayGas）旗下的阿特劳炼油厂（Atyrau）收购氢气和氮气生产装置，并对其进行现代化改造。
在一项新的长期协议框架内，ALMTG将经营这些资产，并向阿特劳炼油厂供应工业用气。这些装置每年将产出高达2亿Nm3的氢气和5000万Nm3的氮气。
执行副总裁兼欧洲工业活动监督执行委员会成员弗朗索瓦?杰科夫（Francois Jackow）说：“这是我们迄今为止在哈萨克斯坦最重要的投资，通过这项投资将提高该国提高能源生产效率和供应可靠性。我们很高兴加强与市场领导者KazMunayGas在哈萨克斯坦的合作，继而为该国的工业现代化和发展作出贡献。我们将继续长期致力于为客户提供专业知识及创新的环保解决方案。”
ALMTG是液化空气公司和哈萨克斯坦国家石油天然气公司（KMG）分别拥有75%和25%股份的合资企业。两年多来，ALMTG一直在巴甫洛达尔炼油厂运营氢气和氮气生产装置。
2020年，液化空气公司的收入超过200亿欧元，在78个国家拥有约64500名员工。
朱利斌 摘译自Neftegaz.RU
原文如下：
Air Liquide announced plans to invest up to €86 mln in hydrogen & nitrogen production units in Kazakhstan
Air Liquide increases its presence in Kazakhstan through its 75% owned joint venture Air Liquide Munay Tech Gases (ALMTG).
The joint venture will invest up to 86 million euros to acquire hydrogen and nitrogen production units from Atyrau refinery owned by KazMunayGas and to modernize them.
Such investments will be carried out through the company’s 75% owned joint venture Air Liquide Munay Tech Gases (ALMTG) as part of an effort to increase its presense in Kazakhstan.
In the framework of a new long-term agreement, ALMTG will operate these assets to supply industrial gases to the Atyrau refinery.
Up to 200 million Nm3 of hydrogen and up to 50 million Nm3 of nitrogen will be produced annually on the site.
Francois Jackow, Executive VP and a member of the Executive Committee supervising Europe Industries activities, said,:We are pleased to reinforce the collaboration we have been building with the market leader KazMunayGas since our entry in Kazakhstan.This new agreement illustrates our continued commitment to providing long-term expertise and innovative environmentally responsible solutions to our customers With this investment - the most important we have yet announced in the country - to increase energy efficiency and provide reliable supply, we will contribute to the modernization and development of the country’s industry.
ALMTG is a respectively 75% and 25% owned joint venture between Air Liquide and KazMunayGaz (KMG).
For more than 2 years, ALMTG has been operating hydrogen and nitrogen production units for KMG’s refinery of Pavlodar.
Air Liquide’s revenue amounted to more than 20 billion euros in 2020.
The company is present in 78 countries with approximately 64 500 employees.
