Air Products along with Samsung Engineering bagged a contract in order to provide an air separation unit to National Industrial Gases Company (NIGC).

National Industrial Gases Company (NIGC) is an arm of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation.

The sources informed that the unit will make 3,550 tonnes per day (TPD) of oxygen, 3,600 TPD of nitrogen as well as 150 TPD of argon. It will be situated at NIGC's plant in Al Jubail and will be in operation in fiscal 2011.

Samsung Engineering Co., South Korea’s largest plant builder, has won a contract from National Industrial Gases Co. (NIGC), a unit of the state-run Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) to build a chemical plant in eastern Saudi Arabia. 

Under the arrangement, Samsung will engage in the whole process of the project ranging from licensing and design to procurement and construction. The plant, which will be located at NIGC's facility in Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia, will be completed by 2011.