Linde to invest US$200 mln at facilities in La Porte, Texas

07-Jun-13

The Linde Group will invest more than US$200 mln to build a large, state of the art air separation unit, a new gasification train and supporting equipment and facilities in La Porte, Texas. The new plants are scheduled to come on-stream in the course of 2015. The ASU will be the largest operated by Linde in the US and the addition of a new gasification plant will create the world's largest natural gas based partial oxidation complex for the production of syngas products for petrochemicals. With the new plants, Linde will have a fully integrated presence in the Houston area that covers air gases and synthesis gas products production and supply to its customers. Mr Tom Blades member of the Executive Board of Linde AG and responsible for the company's business in the Americas said that "Linde is the leading syngas supplier in this region. This expansion project will allow us to support our customers at the La Porte petrochemical hub even more effectively. This is important in view of the shale gas which is providing huge growth momentum in this sector."