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.

While commenting on the occasion, Mr. David Taylor, Vice-President-Energy Businesses at Air Products, stated, "We are proud to have won this contract with Samsung Engineering by combining our ability to design large-scale ASUs, with the engineering and construction expertise of Samsung Engineering."