Marathon Petroleum, the Houston company that just filed completion reports on two STACK wells with production of 2,200 to 2,500 barrels each announced the signing of two long-term supply agreements with Air Liquide.
It means Air Liquide will provide up to 900 tons a day of oxygen for Marathon refineries in Texas City, Texas and Garyville, Louisiana. The agreements nearly double the amount of oxygen to be provided to Marathon Petroleum by Air Liquide.
At Marathon Petroleum’s Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, Texas, Air Liquide will increase its current oxygen delivery by 400 tonnes per day. And in Garyville, Louisiana, Air Liquide will increase oxygen delivery by up to as much as 500 tonnes per day.
Marathon Petroleum Corporation operates the nation’s largest refining system with more than 3 million barrels per day of crude oil refining capacity across 16 refineries.
Air Liquide employs more than 20,000 people in the U.S. in more than 1,300 locations and plant facilities including a world-class R&D center. The company offers industrial and medical gases, technologies and related services to a wide range of customers in energy, petrochemical, industrial, electronics and healthcare markets.