Industrial gases

Production and applications of gases like nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen for industrial processes.

Projects in industrial gases

chemXplore tracks 220 projects in industrial gases, of which 128 are active.

46 Announced / Concept 19 FEED / Pre-FID 6 FID / Sanctioned 53 Under Construction 4 Commissioning & Start-up

108 new construction, 18 expansion, and 1 revamp / retrofit.

Expected to start operating, per year; 25 of the active projects carry no start-up date yet.

What moved recently
  • 22 September 2026 Arkema Jarrie SMR Hydrogen Unit · Operational / Completed · France
  • 18 September 2026 Project Greensand Port Esbjerg Carbon Dioxide transit terminal CCS · Operational / Completed · Denmark
  • 16 September 2026 Air Products Arizona Semiconductor Gas Supply · Announced / Concept · United States
  • September 2026 Cryoinfra Pesquería 50,000 Nm³/h ASU, Mexico · Under Construction · Mexico
  • 20 August 2026 Messer nitrogen liquefier expansion, Song Cong, Vietnam · Announced / Concept

Owners and developers: Air Liquide SA (19), TotalEnergies SE (6), Eni S.p.A. (5), Gasunie (5), Air Products (4), Nordic Ren-Gas Oy (4)

Investors: Air Liquide SA (11), European Investment Bank (3), Messer (3), Air Products (2), Air Products San Fu Co., Ltd. (2), European Innovation Fund (2)

Contractors, licensors, and offtakers are recorded on 83 of these 128 projects For subscribers

Targeting: Hydrogen (76), Carbon dioxide (29), Nitrogen (13), Oxygen (13), Argon (10), Methane (8)

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Latest news in industrial gases

23 September 2026
Casale to supply 100 MTD modular green ammonia plant to Neptun in Glomfjord

SMART‑N technology under an EPF contract with modular off‑site fabrication, 10–100% operating range with staged hydrogen rollout and downstream conversion to nitric acid and fertilizers.

22 September 2026
Arkema inaugurates SMR hydrogen unit at Jarrie

New SMR hydrogen unit commissioned to supply the Jarrie site; €10m investment and first phase of a major plan through 2028 to optimise hydrogen flows and raw‑material supply.

22 September 2026
Evonik refocuses portfolio and German sites, funds growth via Tailor Made cuts

Aligns businesses by role, assigns roles to six German sites, and shifts investment to Asia/Americas; launches growth projects in Canada and Slovakia, funded by cost cuts.

21 September 2026
OMV Petrom advances EUR 560m SAF/HVO unit at Petrobrazi

EUR 560m unit to produce 250,000 t/yr SAF and renewable diesel from vegetable fats and used cooking oils; commissioning targeted for 2028.

21 September 2026
EWE awards Bilfinger contract for Huntorf hydrogen treatment

Engineering, installation and commissioning of an H2 drying system for a 16 million Nm³ repurposed salt cavern; Bilfinger’s H2Dry debuts commercially; operations targeted 2028.

21 September 2026
BHP and China Baowu renew five-year steel decarbonisation MoU

Partnership will focus on modified blast furnaces, DRI and electric smelting demonstrations using Pilbara iron ore to lower steelmaking emissions.

18 September 2026
CNCEC-CC6 and Hangyang: 50,000 Nm³/h air separation unit in Mexico reaches intermediate handover

Cryoinfra 50,000 Nm³/h air separation cold box and atmospheric storage tank installation in Mexico reaches intermediate handover.

18 September 2026
INEOS-led Greensand opens EU's first full-scale CO₂ storage site

Greensand begins commercial offshore CO₂ storage from biogenic sources, using a dedicated terminal and the EU’s first purpose-built CO₂ carrier to inject into a depleted North Sea reservoir.

18 September 2026
Hynetwork (Gasunie) opens North Sea Canal Area hydrogen network draft for public review

Draft project decision, EIA and permits open for comment 18 Sep–29 Oct 2026; route crosses Beverwijk, Velsen, Zaanstad, Haarlemmermeer and Amsterdam.

18 September 2026
Sinopec: five technical devices picked in NEA sixth major energy equipment batch

Five technologies, including a 10 kW assembled aluminum‑air emergency power unit and a 500 standard m3/h methanol‑to‑hydrogen unit, were among 90 national selections.

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