Recently Qenos has signed a ten-year multimillion dollar supply agreement with BOC, a member of the world’s biggest gas supplier --- The Linde Group, in a partnership to deliver Qenos-made ethylene to large-scale LNG plants in Australia. The first refrigerant grade ethylene has been shipped to the major LNG plants in Queensland and the Northern Territory, a move that will significantly scale up the application of Australian-made ethylene, reduce reliance on ethylene imports and cut the delivery time.
Ethylene, a must-have refrigerant fro large-scale LNG plants and traditionally manufactured by Qenos to produce polyethylene for the plastics industry, is now available for large scale LNG plants and will be delivered across the nation by BOC.
Colin Isaac, BOC South Pacific Managing Director, said the partnership with Qenos would provide greater supply security to the multi-billion dollar Australian LNG export industry and would also cut the delivery time for ethylene significantly as previous supplies of ethylene were shipped from Northeast Asia.
Jonathan Clancy, Qenos Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman, said: “This collaboration brings together tow significant industry capabilities that recognize BOC’s expertise in marketing and distribution of industrial gases, and the technical and manufacturing excellence Qenos provides in the production of ethylene.” “It’s a classic example of how Qenos ingeniously transforms Australia’s natural resources to add value to the domestic supply chain.”
BOC will fund the Qenos upgrade to the bulk ethylene filling bay at its Altona site to allow BOC tankers to fill and transport to its Dandenong site. BOC also increased capability at its Dandenong site to enable filling of ethylene into special shipping containers for delivery to customer sites.