Texaco, carbide form hydrogen plant venture

Journal Article · Mon Mar 30 04:00:00 EST 1992 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:5600353

This paper reports that Texaco Inc. and Union Carbide Industrial Gases Inc. (UCIG) have formed a joint venture to develop and operate hydrogen plants. The venture, named HydroGEN Supply Co., is owned by Texaco Hydrogen Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Texaco, and UCIG Hydrogen Services Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of UCIG. Plants built by HydroGEN will combine Texaco's HyTEX technology for hydrogen production with UCIG's position in cryogenic and advanced air separation technology. Texaco the U.S. demand for hydrogen is expected to increase sharply during the next decade, while refinery hydrogen supply is expected to drop. The Clean Air Act amendments of 1990 require U.S. refiners to lower aromatics in gasoline, resulting in less hydrogen recovered by refiners from catalytic reforming units. Meanwhile, requirements to reduce sulfur in diesel fuel will require more hydrogen capacity.

• OSTI ID: 5600353
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States) Vol. 90:13; ISSN OIGJA; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
020900 -- Petroleum-- Environmental Aspects
08 HYDROGEN
080100* -- Hydrogen-- Production
080400 -- Hydrogen-- Economic
Industrial
& Business Aspects
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
294002 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Petroleum
AMENDMENTS
AROMATICS
CATALYTIC REFORMING
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DESULFURIZATION
DIESEL FUELS
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GAS OILS
GASOLINE
HYDROGEN FUELS
HYDROGEN PRODUCTION
LAWS
LIQUID FUELS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM FRACTIONS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POLLUTION LAWS
POLLUTION REGULATIONS
REFORMER PROCESSES
REGULATIONS
SULFUR CONTENT
SUPPLY AND DEMAND
SYNTHETIC FUELS
US CLEAN AIR ACT