Linde Expands Capacity in U.S. Gulf Coast to Meet Increased Demand for Industrial Gases
May 14 2024 - 11:24AM
Business Wire
Linde announced today it has doubled the merchant liquid
production capacity of its air separation facility in La Porte,
Texas.
This expansion of Linde’s production capacity will enable the
company to meet growing demand for industrial gases in the U.S.
Gulf Coast across an array of end markets. The facility also
supplies Linde’s Gulf Coast nitrogen and oxygen pipeline system
which extends from the Houston ship channel south to Freeport,
Texas.
“Demand for industrial gases has continued to grow across the
Gulf Coast,” said Amer Akhras, Vice President South Region, Linde.
“This investment augments Linde’s already robust industrial gases
infrastructure in one of the largest economies in the U.S.,
deepening our network density and enhancing efficiency and
reliability. The safe execution of this project on schedule is a
testament to our world-class engineering and operations
capabilities.”
Linde’s extensive U.S. Gulf Coast industrial gas infrastructure
comprises a network of more than 30 air separation and hydrogen
production facilities, liquid storage facilities, and an
underground high purity hydrogen storage cavern. This network is
connected by over 1,000 kilometers of hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen
pipelines and ensures reliable supply of industrial gases to
thousands of Linde’s customers across the region.
About Linde
Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering
company with 2023 sales of $33 billion. We live our mission of
making our world more productive every day by providing
high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making
our customers more successful and helping to sustain, decarbonize
and protect our planet.
The company serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals
& energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare,
manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde's industrial gases and
technologies are used in countless applications including
production of clean hydrogen and carbon capture systems critical to
the energy transition, life-saving medical oxygen and high-purity
& specialty gases for electronics. Linde also delivers
state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer
expansion, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.
For more information about the company and its products and
services, please visit www.linde.com.
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Leslie Agee Phone: +1 918 960 1721 Email:
leslie.agee@linde.com