Nick Parkinson

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Tel:: +44 1872 225031
Email:: nick.parkinson@gasworld.com

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Desert Mountain Energy strikes deal with Flagstaff
2019-02-05T11:20:00
Desert Mountain Energy (DME) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the city of Flagstaff for mutual cooperation and strategic development of helium and hydrocarbon resources in the greater Flagstaff region and Coconino County, Arizona.
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Microbulk is bulking up
2019-02-04T15:38:00
Chart Industries has been there since the birth of microbulk and expects its baby to keep on growing, with larger tanks and larger Orca™ MicroBulk Delivery Systems, writes Nick Parkinson.
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How to tackle the skills shortage in 2019
2019-02-04T15:27:00
A skills shortage is one of the biggest concerns for the US economy this year and is particularly being felt in the manufacturing sector, writes Nick Parkinson.
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Stabilis Energy: The industry is ripe for consolidation
2019-02-04T15:17:00
Stabilis Energy, Inc. plans to take its small-scale liquefied natural gas (ssLNG) to a bigger scale this year after the creation of a new production and distribution company.
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Lighter is better
2019-02-04T14:49:00
Luxfer-GTM Technologies is well placed for the hydrogen revolution at its Berkeley headquarters and its portable products – an alternative to six and 12 steel cylinder bundles – are proving popular around California while also providing a solution, of sorts, to a driver shortage, writes Nick Parkinson.
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Steel tariffs: taking its toll?
2019-02-04T14:37:00
Fears are growing that US tariffs on steel and aluminum imports will contribute to an economic downturn this year, writes Nick Parkinson.
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Introducing… Absolute Air
2019-02-04T14:12:00
A new venture in the Minneapolis area plans to make its own gases after it announced plans to build an air separation plant (ASP) and have it on-stream by 2020, writes Nick Parkinson.
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FTC extends deadline for Linde plc divesture completion
2019-01-25T12:34:00
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has extended a 29th January deadline for completion of the sales of certain Linde plc US-based assets until 1st March 2019 due to the US government shutdown.
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Marco joins Wise Telemetry
2019-01-21T16:48:00
Wise Telemetry, a provider of remote monitoring devices and services for the industrial gas and propane industries, has appointed Nick Marco as Vice-President of Business Development and Operations.
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Eleet acquires West Cryogenics
2019-01-21T09:01:00
Eleet Cryogenics, Inc., has acquired Texas-based West Cryogenics, Inc. to expand its operations to the Southern US.
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Rohlfing joins Desert Mountain Energy
2019-01-18T17:20:00
Desert Mountain Energy, and and its US subsidiary Desert Energy Corp., has appointed Robert Rohlfing as Executive Vice-President, Head of Technical Operations, as well as a member of the Board of Directors.
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Desert Mountain Energy acquires Oklahoma project
2019-01-15T11:17:00
Desert Mountain Energy Corp. (DME) has completed the acquisition of Kight Gilcrease Sant Unit (KGSU) oil and gas project which it hopes will lead to an expansion of its helium exploration activities.
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Chart announces 10-12% price hike
2019-01-07T16:59:00
Chart Industries, Inc. has announced a global price increase of 10-12% for bulk storage tanks, packaged gas products and beverage bulk carbon dioxide (CO2) systems, effective immediately.
Features
Optimizing argon recovery
2019-01-04T16:25:00
Douglas Barth is Senior Project Manager for global gas analysis expert, Servomex. He works in the Purity & Specialty Division, operating out of Servomex’s US Technical and Service Center in Woburn, Massachusetts. Barth says Servomex’s SERVOPRO Chroma trace gas analyzer improves argon recovery, which helps with a growing demand for ...
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Argon: more uses than you think
2019-01-04T16:24:00
Argon may not be in the news as much as helium, hydrogen and carbon dioxide for its rising prices, shortage or potential as a fuel, but it is all around us with its multiple industrial uses in its gaseous state.
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IWDC sets up online program to train next generation
2019-01-04T16:23:00
The Independent Welding Distributors Cooperative (IWDC) has launched an online training program for its members.
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The magic of pure argon
2019-01-04T16:13:00
Mass amounts of liquid argon are needed for a pioneering megascience experiment at two US labs, writes Nick Parkinson.
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10 minutes with...Hector Villarreal
2019-01-04T16:08:00
Take 10 minutes out with Hector Villarreal, President of Weldcoa, as he discusses the company’s 50th anniversary, the rise of the cloud, robotics and smart devices, and the benefits of automation to the independent gas distributor in the US.
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Argon: Jostling for position
2019-01-04T14:18:00
Argon’s growing demand is leading to concerns among US distributors of a tightening in demand, writes Nick Parkinson.
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Luxfer Gas Cylinders acquires Luxfer GTM Technologies
2019-01-04T13:09:00
Luxfer Gas Cylinders has acquired 100% ownership of Luxfer GTM Technologies.