Editorial

A year of supply constraints, shipping pressures and rising prices – coupled with wars and accidents, healthcare challenges and soaring semiconductor demand – have created a perfect storm for operators grappling with ‘Helium shortage 4.0’.

The importance of collaboration and acceleration were underlined during the opening morning at the Abu Dhabi MENA Industrial Gases Conference 2022.

The Abu Dhabi MENA Industrial Gases Conference 2022 makes a welcome return to the Middle East today, three years since the last one in the region and 15 years since gasworld’s inaugural event.

Phase 1 of Askeladd will bring 18 bcm of gas and two million cubic metres of condensate to the market via the Hammerfest LNG (HLNG) plant on Melkøya, according to Equinor.

iGas USA, one the world’s largest refrigerant gas suppliers, has opened two new production facilities in Abu Dhabi.

CNH Industrial has unveiled the T7 Methane Power liquefied natural gas (LNG) pre-production prototype tractor.

A seven-strong consortium has been awarded $1.35m to pilot the conversion of green hydrogen and carbon dioxide (CO2) into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

EnBW will import 3bcm of LNG per year via the Hanseatic Energy Hub in Stade and in future plans to substitute natural gas with green hydrogen.

The application for the Keadby 3 Carbon Capture Power Station has been granted development consent by The Rt. Hon Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.