Air Products and Chemicals Acquires Future Hydrogen Production in South Texas

SUGAR LAND--September 3, 2009--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--MarkWest Energy Partners L.P. (NYSE:MWE) (Denver, Colorado) has sold a hydrogen unit being constructed at its ethylene plant site in Corpus Christi, Texas. Planning for this project got under way nearly two years ago and, despite a very slow economic outlook, construction for the estimated $100 million project began during the second quarter of this year. Air Products and Chemicals Incorporated (NYSE:APD) (Allentown, Pennsylvania) has purchased the plant and expects it to be finished by March.