Hydrogen has been a solid growth platform for the industrial gas industry. In large volumes, industrial gas companies continue to supply hydrogen through their on-site pipeline (OSP) businesses to oil and gas refineries, basic and...
Unlike other commercial and industrial markets in the industrial gas business, healthcare is driven by medical care — one of life’s necessities.
The US Carbon Dioxide (CO2) merchant market, fundamental to the industrial gas business, is served by a complex supply chain.
The refrain from industrial gas companies during 2015 was how the steep and continued decline in crude oil prices — from $52.72 per barrel (b) on January 1, 2015 to $28.47/b on January 19, 2016...
As we begin 2016, we look back on another year of rather meager economic growth and forward to more of the same.
The world’s helium industry has oscillated from one of tight supply starting in 2012 to an over-supply situation that developed in early 2014, wreaking havoc on supply chain management.
Argon demand has continued to strengthen coming out of the recession with key markets driving growth and some US regions finding argon tight.
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that worldwide demand for natural gas will increase by around 60 percent over the next 28 years. Experts are predicting that natural gas in its liquid form (LNG)...
The recovery of the industrial gas business from 2012 through 2014 was strong, about six percent per year, driven by price and volume. The bright spots in the economy during this period included the manufacturing...
Announcements of domestic air separation unit builds during 2012 through 2015 indicate that it will be a busy few years for the US air gases business. This is a welcome change from earlier in the decade when economic recessions only...
