Air Separation Units (ASUs)

In the past year, many ASUs projects have been confirmed or come onstream, with different market drivers. Christian Annesley looks at what has been happening

Industrial gases are often produced at high purities, particularly those separated from air in large-scale air separation units (ASUs). Yet that’s not the end of the story. Purity needs to be maintained or even enhanced,...

Industrial gas major Air Liquide has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with Spanish electric utility Iberdrola to power projects in Spain and Portugal.

Industrial gas major Messer plans to invest €60m in a new air separation unit (ASU) at the Port of Ghent in Belgium. The plant will supply an undisclosed amount of oxygen, nitrogen, and argon to...

Industrial gas major Air Liquide will build and operate a new air separation unit (ASU) on Naoshima Island, Japan, to support rising demand for materials essential to the energy transition and semiconductor industry.

Global electricity consumption is forecast to grow at close to 4% annually through to 2027 as power use climbs in a range of sectors, according to an International Energy Agency (IEA) report. This energy increase...

New plant builds slowed by economic uncertainty 

Linde has secured a record number of new small on-site projects for the supply of nitrogen and oxygen for the fifth year in a row.

While the leading players remain committed to renewable-powered operations,  the latest sustainability reports of three majors, as well as more recent moves,  serve to highlight the scale of this transition test. Dominic Ellis takes a...

One of India’s leading manufacturers of industrial gases, INOX Air Products (INOXAP), has launched its largest air separation unit (ASU) at the Steel Authority of India’s (SAIL) Bokaro facility. At a cost of ₹750 crore...