EXTENSION AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.17d

EXTENSION AGREEMENT

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

under the Credit Agreement

referred to below

000 Xxxx Xxxxxx

Xxx Xxxx, Xxx XX 00000

Gentlemen:

Each of the undersigned hereby agrees to extend, effective December 1, 2009, the Termination Date under the Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2004 (as amended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among Praxair, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Subsidiaries referred to therein, the Lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent and Citibank, N.A. and Credit Suisse First Boston, as Co-Documentation Agents, to December 23, 2011. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meaning.

This Extension Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

Bank of America, N.A. (as successor by merger to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA)
By:		/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
		Name:		Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
		Title:		Senior Vice President

Agreed and accepted:

PRAXAIR, INC.
By:		/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
		Name:		Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
		Title:		Vice President and Treasurer
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent
By:		/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
		Name:		Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
		Title:		Executive Director