This month’s BI Bulletin from gasworld Business Intelligence has shone further spotlight on the challenging conditions in the US carbon dioxide (CO2) supply chain this summer, highlighting the scale of sourcing vulnerabilities that are so exposed.
Last week, gasworld reported that CO2 production at the Jackson Dome natural well site in Mississippi is declining on a month-by-month basis, potentially compromising the merchant CO2 market in the long-term if the trend is sustained.
The news came at a time when the CO2 market in the US is reportedly already on the verge of significant shortages.
The market is said to have been tight since May because of usual maintenance turnarounds over the summer months, but gasworld previously reported that longer than usual plant shutdowns are having a deeper impact on supply chains and temporary plant closures in Ohio (August) and Virginia (September) are likely to have a major impact on supply in the weeks and months ahead.
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