While 2009 was dominated by the worldwide recession, 2010 saw clear progress towards recovery. In this report we look at 2011, a year in which economic recovery slowed across the globe and a climate of economic uncertainty developed. We examine...
Strength across all oxygen markets as the US pulls out of the recession has led to greater demand for oxygen. Major gas producers in the US have been concentrating on on-site oxygen and nitrogen for new large volume applications such...
Healthcare expenditures include all costs for private and public health services, supplies, and investment in research, structures, and support. Most major industrialized nations spend 8–10 percent of GDP on healthcare, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The recent...
Tight supply is the most notable aspect of this year’s review of the worldwide helium market. Uncertainties relating to timing of future supply sources, projecting market demand during uncertain economic times, and the United States Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) changing...
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is both a high-profile greenhouse gas and a valuable market commodity for the US industrial gases industry. CO2 is found in naturally occurring underground structures (wells) or emitted from fossil fuel burning industrial plants as a byproduct where...
Despite bumps in the economic landscape, demand for nitrogen has remained fairly steady in the US markets since our last report. In this article, we examine the sectors that have kept the nitrogen market relatively buoyant. Nitrogen production plants,...
The healthcare market for the industrial gas industry is characterized by gas producers and distributors that supply oxygen, nitrous oxide, anesthesia gases, special mixtures, and related services. An array of new gases, related equipment, and healthcare technologies, including a broadening of the...
This month we provide our yearly review of helium, a topic in the forefront of the news. A lot has happened in the past year including a decline in helium demand in 2009 due to the recession. In January 2010,...
Air gases, namely oxygen, nitrogen, and argon, are the largest and most dynamic markets within the industrial gas industry. By volume and value, oxygen and nitrogen are our industry’s “bread and butter” products and together represent the biggest generator of total...
Within the US merchant carbon dioxide (CO2) market, changes to patterns in CO2 sourcing and changes in demand regionally, continued to reshape the business in 2009 as they have over the past five-plus years (see “Carbon Dioxide — A Market on the...
