Welcome to our February double-header issue, which shines a light on air gases and medical applications using industrial gases. When it comes to air gases, today the US industrial gas industry is moving on from the challenges and uncertainties brought by the global economic struggles, as our annual air gases report tracks. But change is relatively slow to unfold. At the end of 2024, just three new air separation unit (ASU) expansions with liquefaction had come online in the prior 12 months, with an additional three new ASUs expected to become operational between now and 2027. That reflects supply and demand, of course, but is part of the picture to be understood in this important market.
Venture Global has confirmed that its Calcasieu Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Louisiana will start commercial operations in April 2025.
Linde Gas & Equipment has applied for FDA approval of its NOXBOX® I PLUS, a system that delivers and monitors NOXIVENT® (nitric oxide) gas for medical use.
Aslan Energy Capital (Aslan) will supply California’s CalYan XGH with 100,000 tonnes of hydrogen annually from its green hydrogen plant in Sonora, Mexico.
Industrial gas equipment distributor Equigas is now stocking the Gaslab industrial fixed gas safety detection line.
Biofuels producer POET will connect its Fairmont, Nebraska, bioprocessing facility to the Tallgrass Trailblazer carbon dioxide (CO2) pipeline, which will span around 400 miles through Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming.
Tennessee-based Holston Gases has acquired Tri-Cities Dry Ice.
The Commonwealth LNG project has received a conditional non-free trade agreement export authorisation from the US Department of Energy (DOE) as the new US administration starts to deliver on pledges to accelerate LNG permitting and...
The lack of energy policy stability in the US could have major implications for global decarbonisation and Net Zero targets, a leading energy academic has warned.
India has agreed to buy more US gas and oil as US President Donald Trump stepped up his threat of tariffs and embarked on a new ‘fair and reciprocal trade’ strategy.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published new medical oxygen scale up guidance.
