Air Products and Matheson Break Ground on Helium Plant

Air Products and Matheson, a subsidiary of Taiyo Nippon Sanso, say they have commenced on-site construction of their jointly-owned liquid helium plant at Big Piney, WY. The plant will have the capacity to produce 200 million standard cubic feet /year of helium and will process crude helium produced by a natural gas processing facility operated by Cimarex Energy Co. (Denver). The plant will eventually expand capacity to 400 million standard cubic feet /year, Air Products says. Production is expected to be complete in 2011. “The plant will further diversify...

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