Praxair to Build Hydrogen Facility at the Chevron Richmond Refinery

Lurgi to manage Technology Coordination for Hydrocracker

Lurgi GmbH, Frankfurt, a subsidiary of the Air Liquide Group, recently received an order from OJSC “TAIF-NK”, Nijhnekamsk, Tatarstan to manage the technology coordination for a hydrocracker and downstream process units to be built in the Russian refinery TAIF-NK. Lurgi’s task will be to mon ... more

Basell, NGC, NEC and Lurgi have entered into MOU for integrated polypropylene complex in Trinidad and Tobago

Basell, the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago, Ltd. (NGC), and the National Energy Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago, Ltd. (NEC) announced that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) confirming their intention to construct and operate a fully integrated polypr ... more

Air Liquide finalises Lurgi acquisition

Air Liquide has finalised on 20 July 2007, its acquisition of the engineering firm Lurgi for an enterprise value of EUR200 million, after obtaining approval from the relevant competition authorities and as described in the press release dated 17 April 2007. The integration of Lurgi into th ... more

Praxair Names Vargas Director of Government Relations

Praxair Inc. has named Omar A. Vargas, director of Government Relations. He is responsible for developing and implementing Praxair’s global political and public policy positioning and engagement strategy. He will also continue to develop Praxair’s relationships with policymakers and other a ... more

Praxair Acquires Welders Industrial Supply

Praxair Distribution, Inc., a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc., has acquired Welders Industrial Supply, LLC of Pasadena, Texas. WIS, founded in 2009 by Ernest W. "Cotton" Speed III, is an independent distributor of industrial and specialty gases, welding equipment, supplies and related services ... more

Praxair Ramps Up Oil Well Services Business in Canada

Praxair Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc., is upgrading existing air separation facilities in Fort Saskatchewan and Prentiss, Alberta. The company also will add new carbon dioxide and liquid nitrogen distribution and storage facilities in Grande Prairie, Alberta, and Dawson Creek, ... more

PRAXAIR ESPANA, S.L.

Praxair's primary products are: » atmospheric gases -- oxygen, nitrogen, argon and rare gases (produced when air is purified, compressed, cooled, distilled and condensed), and » process & specialty gases -- carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, semiconductor process gases, and acetylene ( ... more

Praxair Inc.

Praxair is the largest industrial gases company in North and South America, and one of the largest worldwide, with 2006 sales of $8.3 billion. The company produces, sells and distributes atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and high-performance surface coatings. Praxair’s products, ser ... more

Praxair S.A.S.

Praxair S.A.S. supplies atmospheric, process and specialty gases and is a recognized leader in the commercialization of new technologies that bring productivity and environmental benefits to a diverse group of industries. more

Chevron Oronite appoints Azelis as pan-European distributor for industrial lubicants

Azelis has been appointed sole pan-European distributor by Chevron Oronite, manufacturer and supplier of lubricant additives and viscosity improvers (OLOA® and PARATONE®). The partnership with Chevron Oronite is designed to provide Chevron Oronite’s large number of independent lubricant cus ... more

Executive Vice President Charles A. James to Leave Chevron

Chevron Corporation announced that executive vice president, Charles A. James, will leave the company effective May 2, 2010. James, who intends to retire from the active practice of law, will join the adjunct faculty of the law school at Arizona State University and pursue other charitable ... more

Chevron Secures Multiple Sales Agreements for Gorgon LNG

Chevron Corporation announced that Australian subsidiaries of Chevron have signed three binding long-term Sales and Purchase Agreements (SPAs) for Chevron's share of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Gorgon project. The agreements are for a total supply of nearly 3 million tons per annum ... more