Tüpraş Signs New Cooperation Agreement with Linde Gaz A.Ş. to Meet Industrial Gas Needs in Its Processes. A Nitrogen Production Plant to be Built at the İzmit Refinery is Scheduled to Become Operational in 2017.

Nitrogen Production Plants ensure safe and uninterrupted supply whilst enabling remote monitoring and control of the process through advanced technology. At the same time, they incorporate numerous advanced technologies such as product purity control and instant fault detection.

Under the contract signed between Tüpraş and Linde, uninterrupted gas supply required for production is provided, and with this agreement Tüpraş and Linde have reinforced their long-standing cooperation.

Mert Alper Kumbaracı, General Manager of Linde Gaz A.Ş., providing information about the investment, stated: "Nitrogen, Oxygen and Hydrogen On-site Production Plants implemented with Linde's advanced technology not only offer Turkish industrialists investment, financing and operational advantages but also provide the opportunity to focus on core business areas.

Today, Linde operates more than 1,000 On-site Production Plants worldwide, and in Turkey we provide this technology to leading companies in the Carbon Fiber, White Goods, Margarine, Glass, Iron and Steel and Petrochemicals sectors.

As Linde Turkey, we are proud and pleased to be building a new Nitrogen Production Plant at the İzmit Refinery of Tüpraş, Turkey's leading industrial enterprise."