Nitrogen

Linde today said it has started up a new air separation plant in China.

Linde Malaysia has today started up a new air separation unit (ASU) in central Malaysia.

Air Liquide and Shell Chemicals have signed renewal contracts for the supply of oxygen, nitrogen, steam and electricity to Shell’s Scotford facility near Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada.

Messer will highlight its RECHARGE HNP™, or “Huff ‘n Puff” technology, at the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference 2019 (URTeC) between 22nd-24th July (2019) in Denver.

SpaceX is investigating the possibility that a leaky valve caused its Crew Dragon spacecraft capsule to explode on a test stand at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, US, in April.

Air Liquide will build a new world-scale $140m air separation unit (ASU) in Texas to support a new agreement signed with Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV).

NASA has awarded eight contracts worth a combined total of approximately $77m to supply nitrogen and oxygen to NASA centers for a variety of operational activities.

Air Products has been awarded a contract by MEMC Korea, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GlobalWafers, to supply a new 300mm silicon wafer fab being built adjacent to its existing fab in Cheonan, South Korea.

Messer has today laid the foundations for its third air separation unit (ASU) in Germany.

“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”