據歐洲石油3月30日消息,空氣化工產品公司宣布已與PBF能源公司簽署協議，其中包括以5.3億美元購買5個氫蒸汽甲烷轉化爐(SMR)制氫工廠，以及從已經運營的工廠向PBF精煉廠長期供應氫氣。SMR的日生產能力總計近3億標準立方英尺，分別位于加州托蘭斯和馬丁內斯，以及特拉華州的特拉華州城。

空氣化工產品公司董事長兼首席執行官Seifi Ghasemi說道：“空氣產品擁有非常強勁的資產負債表。這使我們處于一個杰出的財務狀況，以執行我們投資于長期現場交易的戰略，其中包括我們今天宣布的資產收購。通過這次收購，我們不僅獲得了5個SMR工廠，而且我們還與北美最大的獨立煉油廠之一的現有客戶達成了一項長期的氫氣銷售協議。”

PBF能源董事長兼首席執行官Thomas Nimbley表示：“PBF對于拓展我們與空氣產品的長期合作關系感到非常興奮。我們很高興與全球領先的工業氣體企業合作，并確保我們的設施繼續由一流的供應商提供。”

程張翔 編譯自 歐洲石油

原文如下：

Air Products Signs Agreements to Acquire Five Operating Hydrogen Plants for $530 Million and Long-Term Hydrogen Supply to PBF Energy

Air Products announced it has signed agreements with PBF Energy Inc. that include the $530 million purchase of five hydrogen steam methane reformer (SMR) hydrogen production plants and the long-term supply of hydrogen from those already operating plants to PBF refineries. The SMRs, with a combined nearly 300 million standard cubic feet per day of production capacity, are located in Torrance and Martinez, California and Delaware City, Delaware.

“Air Products has a very strong balance sheet. This puts us in an outstanding financial position to execute our strategy of investing in long-term onsite deals, which includes asset acquisitions like the one we are announcing today. With this acquisition, not only do we gain five SMR plants, but we also secure a long-term hydrogen sale of gas agreement with an existing customer who is one of the largest independent refiners in North America,” said Seifi Ghasemi, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer at Air Products.

PBF Energy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Thomas Nimbley said, “PBF is excited about expanding our long-standing relationship with Air Products. We are pleased to partner with a global leader in the industrial gas business and ensuring that our facilities continue to be supplied by a premier provider.”