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When planning market strategies industrial gas suppliers are constrained by the reality that atmospheric gases cannot be delivered at competitive cost beyond a certain radius, but benefit from the universal availability of the process feedstock...

In February my wife and I decided to take a two-week vacation in Chile and since the flight was 13 hours long, I thought it was an excellent opportunity to stay on afterwards and make...

Large quantities of hydrogen are used by oil and gas refineries, basic and specialty chemical manufacturers, and food processors. As we have detailed in past reports, hydrogen demand has been steadily increasing in the petroleum sector, where low sulfur fuels...

Credit cards are a popular, convenient, and efficient form of payment for products and services. For the business community, offering credit cards as a form of payment is a sure way to boost sales, improve cash flow, and automate back...

Air Products, the leading global supplier of hydrogen to refineries to assist in the production of cleaner burning transportation fuels, has unique experience in the hydrogen fueling industry. The company’s varied fueling applications provide an opportunity to assess consumer experiences, evaluate...

Hydrogen is used in numerous refining and petrochemical processes. In refining, hydrogen is needed to upgrade crude oil, which is becoming increasingly heavier and more sour. In petrochemicals, hydrogen is needed as a necessary reactant for various synthesis reactions. 

In Part 1 of this series on Independent Distributors Transforming the Playing Field (see “nexAir’s Path to Operational Excellence,” CryoGas, December 2011, p. 38), we described how the low performing warehouse department at nexAir, a Memphis, TN based distributor with revenues...

The world’s hydrogen and fuel cell community will come together at the Sheraton Centre Toronto in Toronto, Canada from June 3–7, 2012, for the World Hydrogen Energy Conference 2012 (WHEC2012). Canada is a pioneer in the research, development, and deployment of...

Tucked away in Tarpon Springs, north of Tampa in the US, is MagneGas Corporation, an innovative producer and rapidly expanding retail distributor of metal cutting gases with global ambitions. The company has been developing its...