Air Separation Units (ASUs)

Industrial gas major Air Liquide will invest up to $200m to upgrade an air separation unit (ASU) and expand its pipeline network in the US state of Louisiana.

Air Liquide will build a €70m ($79.8m) air separation unit in Singapore to supply ultra-high-purity nitrogen, oxygen, and argon.

Industrial gas major Linde will build a new air separation unit to expand gas supply to Samsung’s sprawling chip complex in Pyeongtaek, South Korea.

In the past year, many ASUs projects have been confirmed or come onstream. Christian Annesley looks at the main developments

Global electricity consumption is forecast to grow at close to 4% annually through to 2027, as power use climbs in a range of sectors, according to a recent International Energy Agency (IEA) report.

Industrial gases are often produced at high purities, particularly those separated from air in large-scale air separation units (ASUs). Yet that’s not the end of the story. Purity needs to be maintained or even enhanced,...

Industrial gas major Air Liquide has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with Spanish electric utility Iberdrola to power projects in Spain and Portugal.

Industrial gas major Messer plans to invest €60m in a new air separation unit (ASU) at the Port of Ghent in Belgium. The plant will supply an undisclosed amount of oxygen, nitrogen, and argon to...

Industrial gas major Air Liquide will build and operate a new air separation unit (ASU) on Naoshima Island, Japan, to support rising demand for materials essential to the energy transition and semiconductor industry.

Global electricity consumption is forecast to grow at close to 4% annually through to 2027 as power use climbs in a range of sectors, according to an International Energy Agency (IEA) report. This energy increase...