“This partnership with HPLS reflects Air Liquide’s commitment to supporting industrial decarbonization in the U.S. By leveraging our extensive Mississippi River infrastructure and high-efficiency technologies, we are delivering solutions that ensure both superior reliability and the flexibility required for HPLS's pioneering green steel production,” said Matthieu Giard, group executive committee member at Air Liquide. 

The company said the new ASU will be at the existing Koch Methanol facility. They will also expand the pipeline infrastructure along the Mississippi River. The project, in addition to the ongoing Optimization Project at the Koch Methanol St. James facility, will also support additional methanol production. 

With the new infrastructure, the company said it will be able to reliably deliver the volumes of industrial gases HPLS will need to meet its steel production goals.

The company said it expects commercial operations to begin in 2028.