Exhibit 99.1
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Air Products, Aramco, ACWA Power, and Air Products Qudra Complete
Asset Acquisition and Project Financing Transactions for $12 Billion
ASU/Gasification/Power Joint Venture at Jazan, Saudi Arabia
Air Products to Hold Investor Call on October 28, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. USET. See details below.
LEHIGH VALLEY, PA, USA (October 27, 2021) – Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced the completion of the asset acquisition and project financing transactions for the ~$12 billion air separation unit/gasification/power joint venture (JV) with Aramco, ACWA Power and Air Products Qudra at Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
Air Products will host an investor teleconference on Thursday, October 28, 2021, at 8:30 a.m. USET to provide an update on the project:
Air Products’ Investor Teleconference Details
The teleconference will be open to the public and the media in listen-only mode by telephone and Internet broadcast.
Live teleconference: 313-209-7315
Passcode: 8428649
Internet broadcast/slides: Available on the Event Details page on Air Products’ Investor Relations website.
Telephone replay: 888-203-1112 (domestic) or 719-457-0820 (international)
Passcode: 8428649
Available from 12:30 p.m. USET on October 28, 2021 through 12:30 p.m. USET on November 4, 2021.
Internet replay: Available on the Event Details page on Air Products’ Investor Relations website.
About the $12 Billion Jazan JV
The JV has purchased ASUs, gasification, syngas cleanup, utilities and power assets from Aramco. The JV owns and operates the facility under a 25-year contract for a fixed monthly fee, with Aramco supplying feedstock to the JV, and the JV producing power, steam, hydrogen and other utilities for Aramco.
Aramco, via its subsidiary Saudi Aramco Power Company, has a 20 percent share in the JV; Air Products 46 percent; ACWA Power 25 percent; and Air Products Qudra (a 51/49 JV between Air Products and Qudra Energy) nine percent in the JV. Air Products’ total ownership position is 50.6 percent through 46 percent direct ownership and 4.6 percent through Air Products Qudra.
The JV serves Aramco’s Jazan Refinery, a megaproject to process 400,000 barrels per day of the crude oil to produce main products such as ultra-light sulfur diesel, gasoline, and other products.
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