Gases

Senegal soft drinks bottler Sodagem, from Dakar, is now producing its own carbon dioxide (CO2) after delivery of a new CO2 production plant from ASCO.

The offshore oil and gas industry is involved in a continuing quest to locate and develop new subsea hydrocarbon deposits in evermore hostile regions and at increasingly deep locations, inevitably pushing the boundaries of technology. As part of a £2.6million...

The abundance of natural gas from advancements in horizontal fracking technology applied to shale reservoirs has created a new paradigm in the industrial sector to utilize LNG (liquefied natural gas) as a replacement fuel for diesel in many high horsepower applications...

Historically LNG has been shipped in large liquefied natural gas carriers (LNGC) with capacities of up to 260,000 cubic meters (cbm) over long distances from gas rich countries to developed countries. The rules and regulations surrounding ships built for this purpose...

Announcements of domestic air separation unit builds during 2012 through 2015 indicate that it will be a busy few years for the US air gases business. This is a welcome change from earlier in the decade when economic recessions only...

  There is approximately 6.2 billion cubic feet of helium gas consumed per year worldwide for use in all market segments with demand increasing by about two percent annually into the near future. From this total consumption, approximately five percent,...

The founder of Weldcoa, Richard Bennett, invented the Sur-Loc™ Pallet in the late 1960s. Since that time the Weldcoa Palletized Process has evolved from an external delivery system, through the use of pallet trucks and trailers, to an...

nexAir (nexair.com), one of the largest distributors of atmospheric gases and welding supplies in the United States, debuted its Advanced Welding & Cutting Demonstration Lab last month. Located at nexAir’s Walnut St. location in Memphis, Tennessee, the lab is an innovative...

  FABTECH 2013 will be held at McCormack Place in Chicago, Illinois in November, and North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing event is expected to attract record numbers. More than 35,000 attendees and 1,500 exhibitors are expected at...