en.Wedoany.com Reported - Air Liquide, through its subsidiary Air Liquide Karabatan Technical Gases LLC (ALKTG), has signed a long-term agreement with chemical company Silleno LLP to supply nitrogen and compressed dry air for its future polyethylene plant. ALKTG is a subsidiary of Air Liquide Munai Technical Gases (ALMTG), which is 75% owned by Air Liquide and 25% by Kazakhstan's national oil and gas company KazMunayGaz NC. Air Liquide has been operating in Kazakhstan since 2016, and this new investment by ALKTG in the country amounts to €70 million.

The agreement aims to support Silleno's key industrial project, transforming the Karabatan basin in Atyrau into a world-class petrochemical hub. Under the agreement, ALKTG will build, own, and operate two high-purity, energy-efficient nitrogen production units. This infrastructure will become one of the largest industrial gas facilities in Central Asia. The commissioning of the units and the first supply deliveries are aligned with the schedule of the Silleno plant, targeting completion by the end of 2028.

The new facility will be located in the National Industrial Petrochemical Technopark (NIPT) special economic zone, near ALKTG's existing air separation unit (ASU), which currently supplies nitrogen to Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries (KPI). This new investment builds on ALKTG's initial investment in the Karabatan basin in 2019, further enhancing the joint venture's industrial footprint and synergies in the basin.

Émilie Mouren-Renouard, member of Air Liquide's Executive Committee, stated that this agreement marks another milestone for Air Liquide in Kazakhstan. The company will strengthen its strategic alliance with KazMunayGas, its long-term partner in Kazakhstan and a key stakeholder in the Silleno project, to support the development of the country's petrochemical industry. She noted that this investment demonstrates a strategy combining technological excellence with high regional impact.