What is the purpose of Air Liquide's $200 million investment in Bay City, Texas, and what key environmental benefit does it deliver?

Air Liquide is investing over $200 million to construct a partial oxidation (POX) unit at Oxea’s Bay City, Texas site to provide large-scale syngas and low-carbon hydrogen, supporting Oxea’s expansion of oxo-alcohols and performance chemicals. The POX unit features an innovative carbon dioxide (CO₂) recycling loop that recirculates CO₂ back into Oxea’s reactor to optimize syngas composition and production, thereby reducing Air Liquide’s net CO₂ emissions by approximately 64,000 metric tons per year.

When is the new POX unit scheduled to become operational, and how does this project reflect Air Liquide’s strategic alignment of industrial growth with climate goals?

The POX unit is scheduled to be online at the beginning of 2029. According to Matthieu Giard, Air Liquide’s Americas lead, the project represents 'a significant opportunity to align industrial growth and efficiency while demonstrating that competitive solutions can also support climate objectives.'

Air Liquide to invest $200M to support chemical manufacturing expansion in Texas

Jul 10, 2026

Air Liquide announced a $200 million investment to build a partial oxidation unit at Oxea’s Texas facility, supplying syngas and low-carbon hydrogen while reducing annual CO2 emissions by 64,000 metric tons. The project targets an early 2029 online date.

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