Pipeline and Other Supply Possibilities Pipelines
In areas where there is already an established pipeline network, a gas supply contract can be especially attractive. For small plants close to a pipeline, this may be a very simple affair, simply drawing on existing capacity. For large plants, purpose — built capacity will have to be added, but synergies are often possible with a need for increased capacity to feed the pipeline system.
The following is a list of major pipeline operators and the location of their networks.
Air Products Houston—Port Arthur, Texas
Decatur, Alabama Rotterdam, The Netherlands Humberside, England Mab Та Phut, Thailand Onsan/Ulsan, South Korea
Air Liquide Dunkirk — Antwerp — Rotterdam — Liege
Corpus Christi — Lake Charles
Weswego — Geismar/Baton Rouge (Louisiana — Mississippi River Corridor)
Northwest Indiana Houston area Wilmington, California
Detroit, Michigan (in Ecorse) and in other enclaves throughout the United States.
Various locations
Ruhr district, Germany Leuna district, Germany
Messer Griesheim Dortmund-Cologne, Germany Saarland, Germany Tarragona, Spain
Even in locations where no pipelines are available, it is possible to buy oxygen “over the fence.” In this business model, which has a long tradition in oxygen supply to the steel industry, a gas supply company will own and operate a dedicated air separation unit within the gasification complex. By-products such as argon, which may be of little interest to the gasifier operator, can make such an arrangement very attractive. The specialist, operating know-how of the gas companies enable them to achieve excellent plant availability. In some locations where this model is practiced, it has been extended to cover utility supply.