# Air Liquide signs long-term nitrogen supply contract with Orpic in Oman

Air Liquide signed a long-term agreement with Orpic to supply nitrogen to the Liwa Plastics Industries Complex in Sohar, Oman. Air Liquide will invest about €20 million to build a 500-tonne-per-day nitrogen production unit, expected to start operations in Q1 2019.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-04-06
- Where: Sohar industrial port area, Oman
- Value: $21.2M (20.0M EUR)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 500 tonnes of nitrogen per day
- Products: nitrogen
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Air Liquide](https://endata.com/companies/2132.md)
- [Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company](https://endata.com/companies/23392.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [airliquide.com](https://www.airliquide.com/group/press-releases-news/2017-04-06/air-liquide-signs-long-term-contract-major-petroleum-group-oman), 2017-04-06: "We are pleased to strengthen our relationship with a strategic petrochemical player such as Orpic."

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