Cheap natural gas is a big topic of discussion, particularly in the US. Serious consideration is being given to natural gas as a transportation fuel. GE (www.ge.com) and Chesapeake Energy Corporation (www.chk.com), two heavyweights in the energy arena, recently announced plans...
According to recent academic and government agency studies, the United States has at least a 100-year domestic supply of natural gas. Liberating that gas is now economically possible thanks in part to continued developments with hydraulic fracturing, aka, “fracking.” In the...
The premier event for gas industry professionals, the Gastech Conference and Exhibition, will celebrate its 26th year at the award-winning ExCeL Conference & Exhibition Centre in London’s Docklands, October 8–11.
The 14th Annual China International Exhibition on Gases Technology, Equipment, and Application (IG, China 2012) and the 4th Annual China International Exhibition on NGV, Engines, Gas Refueling Stations, and LNG (NG, China 2012) will take place this year in Nanjing at...
We all know that in the industrial gas business, safety is an issue of utmost importance and most distributors have a safety program. In working with distributors on improving their businesses, however, I have found that while a...
Bing Crosby was famously dreaming of a white Christmas, and so were many Americans this snowless holiday season [December 2011]. But a review of historical documents, archival photographs, and press clippings shows that GE scientists led by Nobel Prize winner Irving...
Unconventional reservoirs present unique challenges for energy producers and oilfield service companies that seek to extract the maximum economic lifetime potential from their wells. These reservoirs, including shale, tight sands, and coalbed methane (CBM) formations, are defined by their low permeability, low-to-no...
The natural gas supply chain from the natural gas wells to customer’s vehicles, houses, or industries presents two different distribution channels. These are the transportation of the gas in its gaseous form through pipeline grids,...
Trendex Information Systems Inc. has been driving software development for the distribution and manufacturing sectors for years. Soumitra Mukherjee discusses RFID tags, barcodes and cylinder tracking packages with Specialty Gas Report.
TrackAbout Inc.’s chief technology officer Larry Silverman describes the revolution in mobile computing technologies – and offers a perspective on what the future might bring for the gases industry.
