Helium Joint Venture in Qatar

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Incorporating Liquid and Gaseous Helium Transfilling, Helium ISO Container Maintenance and Logistics Facilities

Buzwair Gases, Iwatani Corporation and LNG Japan have signed a joint venture agreement to establish a Helium handling facility in Qatar.

Buzwair Gases Buzwair Holding Head Office Doha, Qatar, Chairman: Mr. Fahad Buzwair Iwatani Corporation （Iwatani, Head Office: Tokyo and Osaka, President: Masao Nomura, Capital: JPY 20 billion) LNG Japan Corporation （LNG Japan, Head Office: Tokyo, President & CEO: Yasunori Takagi, Capital: JPY 8 billion）together signed the joint venture agreement in Tokyo on the 8th June 2013 to establish a company in Qatar. The function of this joint venture is to operate a liquid and gaseous Helium trans-filling and ISO container logistics and maintenance facilities. The signing ceremony for this joint venture agreement was held under the attendance of the heads of the three companies and executive management of the Partners.

Helium Joint Venture

Iwatani is the first Asian Company which has acquired the right to purchase liquid Helium directly from Qatar with the commissioning of the new Helium Ⅱ Project. The liquid Helium is extracted from the associated gas through the process of LNG production in one of the world’s largest LNG Plant in Qatar. Iwatani will purchase approximately 8 million cubic meters per year of Helium from the summer of 2013. Iwatani requires ISO container logistics and maintenance and recovery of the residual gas close to the liquid Helium production supply source in Qatar from where Iwatani will collect and export liquid Helium.

Iwatani aims to build an effective and competitive logistics chain with the cooperation of Buzwair and LNG Japan who both have extensive business experiences in Qatar, this regional business promotion will be the first helium transfilling operation in Qatar, and will be a significant expansion of Helium value added technology business for the State of Qatar.

Due to the current worldwide critical supply shortage of helium which is a very rare strategic commodity, the new company will be focused on leading-edge technology, gas handling efficiencies for ultra high purity Helium (99.9999%), up to 300 bar filling pressure, and regional product security. Iwatani will continue to play an important role for stable supply of Helium to ensure its customers worldwide demand is met.

Helium is widely used in medical applications, laboratory analytical instruments, specialized welding, and deep sea diving, as an industrial coolant, metrological surveys and the entertainment industry.

Buzwair Gases is a leading company within Buzwair Holding W.L.L, a prestigious and long established (1954) Qatari industrial group covering a diversified business portfolio including real estate, construction, engineering, infrastructure as well as industrial, specialty and medical gases. Buzwair view’s this as a further important step in its focused and niched expansion strategy in the region developing specialized products and services coupled to international operating standards.

Buzwair also believes this partnership complements the Vision 2030 of Qatar, targeting a stimulating business climate capable of attracting foreign funds and technologies and of encouraging national investments. As such Buzwair has the contractual rights to market and sell the liquid and gaseous Helium throughout the MENA and some surrounding selected countries.

LNG Japan is a shareholder of Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited (Ras Gas) since 1997 as an energy trading house, LNG Japan has gained significant experience operating in Qatar.

Liquid Helium ISO Container Logistics will be based on the same premises as the operation for the transportation of liquid Helium ISO containers between Jebel Ali Port and HeliumⅡ Facility in Ras Laffan, which is approximately a 3 day one way journey. Jebel Ali Port is located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which is considered as the hub port of The Middle East.

The new facility will also be fully equipped to carry out ISO container inspection and certified maintenance and repairs.

Overview of the joint venture

Business

Liquid and Gaseous Helium transfilling

Liquid Helium ISO Container transportation

Liquid Helium ISO container maintenance

Shareholding

Buzwair 51％, Iwatani 25％, LNG Japan 24％

Location

West Side Support Services Area Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar 15km from Qatar Helium Plant

Commissioning Date

November 2013
Helium Joint Venture Signing Ceremony

Qatar based Buzwair in Oman JV with National Gas

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National Gas has announced that it has signed a joint venture (JV) and shareholder agreement with Qatar-based Buzwair Industrial Gases Factories for the establishment of a limited liability company.

Primarily used for checking and calibrating the function of detectors and instruments used in the following applications:

For more details, refer below link

http://www.gasworld.com/news/regions/middle-east/qatar-based-buzwair-in-oman-jv-with-national-gas/2001435.article

Started to production of non refillable gas cylinders

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Buzwair can now supply custom made high precision Calibration and test gas mixtures and Ultra high purity gases in a variety capacity range of Aluminium and Steel lightweight cylinders. These Cylinders are manufactured to International Standards and can be transported by road, air or sea. Our cylinder range gives maximum contents with convenient portability and ease of use for the operator. When combined with our advanced cylinder preparation techniques we ensure mixture accuracy, optimum stability and maximum shelf life.

Primarily used for checking and calibrating the function of detectors and instruments used in the following applications:

  • Flammable gas detection
  • Toxic gas detection
  • Refrigerant gas detection
  • Ethanol breath testing
  • Gas chromatography
  • Food atmosphere analysis
  • Medical gas analysis
  • Environmental monitoring
refillable gas cylinders

The portfolio of available mixture types cover the whole range from simple LEL Binary mixtures through to laboratory standards featuring complex blends of multi components of low ppm levels.

Manufactured by analytical certification to ISO 17025. Also Gravimetrically manufactured to IS0 6142

Announces major investment in Oman

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investment in Oman

Buzwair Industrial Gases a 100% Qatari owned company established in 1954 can proudly announce the signing of a 15 year industrial gas supply agreement with Sun Metals LLC of Sultanate of Oman, the agreement is to build, own and operate an onsite Air Separation Unit plant to supply Oxygen, Nitrogen and Argon to Sun Metals integrated steel plant in Sur-Oman.

The agreement was signed at Buzwair Holding new head offices in C ring road Doha Qatar on May 17th 2012 by the Mr. P.T. Shivarajan, Operations Director of Sun Metals, Mr. Probir Chakraborty, Director Corporate and CFO of Sun Metals and Mr. Fahad Buzwair Chairman of Buzwair Holding.

Sun Metals LLC will build the integrated steel plant on a new site in Sur, Oman based on leading and energy efficient technology (using Allis Chalmers USA ported Rotary Kiln technology) that will allow Sun Metals to export power to the Oman electricity grid, Sun Metals will produce 600kt per annum of continuously cast billet and 200kt of direct reduced iron, this investment will be in the region of 300 million US Dollars in the steel plant.

This investment by Buzwair is part of our strategic expansion into the Middle East region and is an important step in Buzwair’s future growth plan that has already seen investments in the South East Asia industrial gas markets.

The air separation plant will be over sized to accommodate the steel plant peak demands and will provide excess liquid Oxygen, Nitrogen and Argon for sales and distribution into the broader Omani market.

Buzwair has recently completed its investment of Buzwair Scientific and Technical Gases in a world class facility for the production of specialty gases at their Doha based operation. This facility is accredited to ISO 17025 quality standards, the gas mixtures produced are primarily used in the petrochemical and related industries. These gases which are used for calibration and analytical purposes are currently being sold extensively in Qatar and elsewhere in the region.

Buzwair also expects to announce a further investment in Qatar with international partners within the industrial gas industry in the near future.

Upgraded to ISO 9001:2008 standards

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ISO 9001:2008 standards

Buzwair Industrial Gases is an ISO 9001:2008 certified company, which follows ISO standards for Quality Management Systems. As much as we’re persistently investing in new production units for expansion purposes, B.I.G.F’s paramount concern is towards improving the quality standards being implemented while providing our gas products and services.