For decades, energised fluids containing carbon dioxide (CO2), in various formulations, have been used successfully in hydraulic fracturing and individual well soak treatments known as a Huff ’n Puff (HNP) to boost hydrocarbon recovery.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the main industrial gas considered as an ingredient, most other gases such as nitrogen are used to process, protect or propel beverages or food stuffs. This means that the quality requirements...
Following the infamous worldwide economic slowdown back almost a decade ago, the knock-on effect within the dry ice sector signalled the time for a shift and reflection of essential economic approaches and applications.
With the entry of an estimated 25% in new global capacity in the market in late 2013 and early 2014, the helium business of 2016 continues to find itself in a state of over-supply.
Anyone remember phone booths? How about computers with monitors that were a foot thick? Then came cell phones that were the size of a carry-on bag and actually weighed in at 4.4 pounds. Now, all...
As an important and valuable asset in the industrial gas business, gas cylinders are being monitored closely by gas companies using cylinder tracking systems as a means of asset management to prevent loss of property...
The ‘Internet of Things’ is a relatively new term that has come to signify a specific set of developments in our increasingly digitalised society.
Imagine knowing exactly how much gas was at each customer site and being able to plan deliveries with complete efficiency. This would be an ideal scenario for packaged gas distributors, because it would solve one...
As these trends infiltrate everyday life, they do of course also extend into the industrial gas industry, where the role of ‘smart’ technology has become a staple asset in cylinder tracking and similar industrial applications,...
