Healthcare made up almost one-fifth of the US economy in 2020 because of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic but will likely decline in 2021. In 2020 there was unprecedented demand on the medical system...
Last year was burdened with carbon dioxide (CO2) shortages brought on by the Covid pandemic and resulting impact on the US economy, causing ethanol CO2 sources to be temporarily idled or closed. In addition, regional variations...
This article comes as we are almost a year into dealing with the global pandemic and the subsequent effect on the US economy and business markets. Like other parts of the industrial gas business, US...
It is hard to start any article regarding business in 2020 without mentioning the impact the management of the pandemic and the subsequent effect on the economy and markets. Like other parts of the industrial...
Helium supply remained tight for the past two years until mid-March when across the globe countries went into lockdown to rein in the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19), causing a global recession.
Annual hydrogen capacity in the US is approximately 3.5 billion cubic feet per year (Bcf/yr), 68% of which is used in petroleum processing, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). The Covid-19 pandemic is having a...
Healthcare makes up more than one-sixth of the US economy and will rise in 2020, and potentially beyond because of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the unprecedented demand on the medical system and medical oxygen.
In the US merchant carbon dioxide (CO2) market, three new or expanded CO2 source plants came onstream in 2019 while other sources were idled or closed, shrinking the net gain from 2018 to less than...
Announcements of domestic air separation unit (ASU) and liquefaction builds and expansions for startup through 2023 indicate that the US air gases business has steadily been improving.
Helium supply has fluctuated from a slight surplus when the large Qatar 2 production came fully on-stream in 2014, to in-balance with the supply disruption of the Qatar blockage in June 2017, to tight supply...
