Russia

As has typically been the case, the helium business continues to be one of the more interesting sectors of the industrial gas business.

Despite continued external headwinds and modest economic growth prospects around the world, air separation units and other projects in the $78bn (2014) industrial gases business continue to emerge globally throughout the year – such is...

Bristol,UK-based balloon manufacturer Cameron Balloons has agreed to construct a Roziere 550, which will be filled with helium, to enable famed Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov to try and travel around the word – non-stop.

BASF has completed an equal-valued asset swap with its long time trade partner Gazprom which sees it focus more on the production of gas and oil and exited the gas trading and storage sector.

Discussions were held recently between Linde and Gazprom regarding the cooperation agreement involving the development of what will become one of the world’s largest helium plants – Amur’s GPP Project.

Kryooprema has begun its first cryogenic equipment deliveries to Russia, seen as a key development for the Serbian company as it views the country as a ‘very promising market’.

Russian state gas company Gazprom is postponing construction of a liquefied natural gas plant on the country’s Pacific Coast, as it focuses on building pipelines for gas delivery to China.

In a special interview, Centravis Sales Director Vyacheslav Erkes spoke of how the company has a solid base to promote future growth.

Agena Bioscience today expanded its European distributors through new relationships with KAWA.SKA in Poland and BioGen-Analytica in Russia.

May 2015 seems an appropriate time to explore the industrial gases business in Eastern Europe. Little over a year since both political and military fighting erupted in eastern Ukraine, few could have foreseen quite how...