The slowly improving economic landscape has led to an increase in demand for oxygen, nitrogen, and argon across various sectors, but especially along the US Gulf Coast where large volumes of gases are required by...
Fluctuations in China’s economy have been making headlines in the North Pacific Rim region – and the wider world – for much of 2016, such is the significance of its prosperity both locally and globally....
The US industrial gas (IG) business has a unique multi-tiered supply channel made up of producers, distributors, and customers/markets. Gas producers are large, publicly held companies with national market penetration.
As we near the end of 2016, we look back on another volatile year for rare gases. In my previous rare gases market review (gasworld.com/2009662.article), we reported that neon (Ne) was in a very critical...
A mixed outlook has prevailed in South East Asia in recent years, as undoubted growth prospects have been visibly tempered by an uncharacteristically volatile economic landscape in China and the many splintered effects of this on...
Today, natural gas powers about 150,000 vehicles in the United States and roughly 15.2 million vehicles worldwide. Natural gas vehicles (NGVs) are good choices for high-mileage, centrally fueled fleets and can be powered with compressed...
Tourism and public infrastructure spending funded by development partners still sustain the economies of the South Pacific and while the latter may have slowed slightly in the region in recent times, growth is widely expected...
Asia is the world’s largest and most populous continent, covering 8.7% of the Earth’s total surface area and around 30% of its land area. With approximately 4.3 billion people, it hosts no less than 60%...
As the 2015 industrial gas year drew to a close, many of the ongoing trends within the industry – and externally – showed no signs of abating. Indeed, midway through 2016 these same dynamics appear...
