Author Molly Burgess

Linde has started up a $200m on-site facility in Qinzhou, China, to supply oxygen and other industrial gases to Shanghai Huayi’s new chemical complex.

Nikkiso Cryogenic Industries’ Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group has recommissioned an air separation unit (ASU) in Hyderabad, India, to meet the urgent demands for medical oxygen as a result of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi today (9th July) reviewed the progress of oxygen augmentation and availability across the country as it continues to fight against the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

Air Liquide will invest approximately €100m in a brand-new air separation unit (ASU) in Zhangjiagang City, China, with a daily capacity of 3,800 tonnes of oxygen.

Air Products has commissioned its first hydrogen station for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China’s Hebei Province, one of the host cities.

A brand-new hydrogen station, which is believed to be the largest in the world, is now operational in Beijing, China – and it features Air Liquide technology.

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) is currently developing a megaton carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) project in China – and it’s believed to be a first for the country.

In response to the shortages of medical oxygen, caused by the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has started to manufacture medical oxygen plants in India.  

Air Liquide will invest approximately €70m in a new state-of-the-art gases plant in Wuhan, Central China, to produce 52,00 Nm3 of nitrogen an hour, as well as oxygen, argon and other ultra-high purity gases.

The Singapore Government has said that both hydrogen and carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) technologies will play an important role in the country’s low carbon future.