Russia

Amec Foster Wheeler, an oil and gas engineering company, has been awarded a contract to supply a steam reformer heater to a hydrogen (H2) production unit in Russia.

As our previous reports on the Western Europe and Central Europe markets have elucidated, Europe is a region in the midst of a complex chain of challenges both political and economic.

Amidst a backdrop of sustained downward spiral in the price of oil over the last 12 months, preliminary figures emerging from Russia reveal the country’s economy contracted more than 3.5% last year.

The Linde Group has been selected by Gazprom Pererabotka Blagoveschchensk, and its general contractor NIPIgas, as the licenser for cryogenic gas separation technology at the Amur Gas Processing Plant (Amur GPP), in the far east...

As has typically been the case, the helium business continues to be one of the more interesting sectors of the industrial gas business.

Despite continued external headwinds and modest economic growth prospects around the world, air separation units and other projects in the $78bn (2014) industrial gases business continue to emerge globally throughout the year – such is...

Bristol,UK-based balloon manufacturer Cameron Balloons has agreed to construct a Roziere 550, which will be filled with helium, to enable famed Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov to try and travel around the word – non-stop.

BASF has completed an equal-valued asset swap with its long time trade partner Gazprom which sees it focus more on the production of gas and oil and exited the gas trading and storage sector.

Discussions were held recently between Linde and Gazprom regarding the cooperation agreement involving the development of what will become one of the world’s largest helium plants – Amur’s GPP Project.

Kryooprema has begun its first cryogenic equipment deliveries to Russia, seen as a key development for the Serbian company as it views the country as a ‘very promising market’.