Praxair Begins Supplying Hydrogen to Marathon Petroleum’s Louisiana Refinery

April 17, 2018

DANBURY, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$PX #PraxairInc—Praxair,
Inc. (NYSE:PX) announced today that it has begun supplying hydrogen
to Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s refinery in Garyville, Louisiana.
Marathon Petroleum is one of the largest transportation fuels refiners
in the U.S. and operates an integrated refining, marketing and
transportation system in the Midwest, East, Southeast and Gulf Coast.
The Garyville refinery is the last major grassroots refinery that was
built in the U.S. and is the third largest operating in the U.S. today.

The hydrogen is supplied through a recently commissioned new extension
to Praxair’s Southeast Louisiana pipeline network and is being used by
Marathon Petroleum in an ultra-low-sulfur diesel project.

“Marathon Petroleum is a valued customer of Praxair and we are proud to
be able to extend our relationship to include supplying hydrogen to
their refinery in Louisiana,” said Dan Yankowski, president of Praxair’s
global hydrogen business. “Our extensive hydrogen system in the lower
Mississippi River corridor has been expanded to support the region’s
growing chemical and refining industries and this is a great example of
how our robust and reliable supply capability is able to support such
growth.”

About Praxair

Praxair, Inc. is a leading industrial gas company in North and South
America and one of the largest worldwide.
With market capitalization of approximately $40 billion and 2017 sales
of $11 billion, the company employs over 26,000 people globally and has
been named to the Dow Jones® World Sustainability Index for 15
consecutive years. Praxair produces, sells and distributes atmospheric,
process and specialty gases,
and high-performance surface
coatings. Our products, services
and technologies are making our planet more productive by
bringing efficiency and environmental benefits to a wide variety of industries,
including aerospace,
chemicals,
food
and beverage, electronics,
energy,
healthcare,
manufacturing, primary metals
and many others. For more information about the company, please visit
our website at www.praxair.com.