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Subsequent Events
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Events SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Equity Affiliate Investment in Jazan Integrated Gasification and Power Company (“JIGPC”)
On 27 October 2021, we made an initial investment of $1.6 billion in Jazan Integrated Gasification and Power Company ("JIGPC"). JIGPC is a joint venture with Saudi Aramco Power Company (a subsidiary of Aramco), ACWA Power, and Air Products Qudra in the Jazan Economic City, Saudi Arabia. Our investment, which was made primarily in the form of shareholder loans, represents a 55% interest in the joint venture, of which 4% is attributable to the non-controlling partner of Air Products Qudra. Our $1.6 billion investment includes approximately $130 received from the non-controlling partner in September 2021. This cash receipt is reflected within “Investments by noncontrolling interests” on our consolidated statements of equity and cash flows for the fiscal year ended 30 September 2021.
We expect to make an additional investment in JIGPC of approximately $1 billion in 2023.
We determined JIGPC is a variable interest entity for which we are not the primary beneficiary. Therefore, we will account for our investment in JIGPC under the equity method within the Industrial Gases – Middle East segment, a new reporting segment in fiscal year 2022 as discussed below.
JIGPC Joint Venture
On 27 September 2021, JIGPC signed definitive agreements for the acquisition of $12 billion of assets from Aramco and related project financing for the purchase. JIGPC will complete the acquisition of the project assets, which include power blocks, gasifiers, air separation units, syngas cleanup assets, and utilities, in two phases. JIGPC will commission, operate, and maintain the project assets to supply electricity, steam, hydrogen and utilities to Aramco’s refinery and terminal complex under a 25-year agreement.
The first phase was completed on 27 October 2021 and included $7 billion of the assets. The second phase is expected to be funded and completed in 2023. JIGPC will account for the asset transfer as a financing, recording a financing receivable upon acquisition and recognizing financing income over the supply term.
Jazan Gas Project Company
Jazan Gas Project Company (“JGPC”), a joint venture between Air Products and ACWA Holding, entered into a 20-year oxygen and nitrogen supply agreement in 2015 to supply Aramco’s oil refinery and power plant in Jazan, Saudi Arabia. Air Products owns 26% of the joint venture. In October 2021, the supply agreement between JGPC and Aramco was terminated, and JGPC sold its air separation units to Aramco. We initially sold these assets to JGPC and deferred revenue and profit equal to our ownership percentage in the joint venture. With the termination of the supply agreement and sale of the air separation units complete, we will recognize the remaining deferred profit in equity affiliates’ income in the first quarter of fiscal year 2022.
Segment Reorganization
On 4 November 2021, we announced the reorganization of our industrial gases segments. Beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2022, we will report our results under the following five reporting segments:
Industrial Gases – Americas;
Industrial Gases – Asia;
Industrial Gases – Europe;
Industrial Gases – Middle East; and
Corporate and other
The reorganization reflects the separation of our former Industrial Gases – EMEA segment into two separate reporting segments: Industrial Gases – Europe and Industrial Gases – Middle East. The results of an affiliate formerly reflected in the Industrial Gases – Asia segment will now be reported in the Industrial Gases – Middle East segment. Additionally, the results of our Industrial Gases – Global operating segment will be reflected in the Corporate and other segment. Except for the Corporate and other segment, each reporting segment will meet the definition of an operating segment and will not include the aggregation of multiple operating segments. Our Corporate and other segment will include the aggregation of three operating segments that meet the aggregation criteria under GAAP.
Beginning with our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the first quarter of fiscal year 2022, segment results will be presented on a retrospective basis to reflect the reorganization.