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This BOO air separation unit tender forces 20% weather-margin design and steam-driven compression bets – 2 Jan 2026

Jan 02, 2026

The owner is pushing a BOO model for the ASU that makes oxygen and nitrogen supply a contract weapon rather than a captive utility. The most expensive line in the document isn’t the EMD, it’s the 20% adverse-weather design margin that quietly rewrites sizing, redundancy, and tariff math. But the real fight will be at the battery limit, where steam, power, and storage obligations decide whether “round-the-clock” is enforceable or just aspirational.

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