Linde Executive to Highlight Expanding Uses for Liquefied Natural Gas at Shale Gas InsightTM 2012

PHILADELPHIA & MURRAY HILL, N.J. & NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bryan Luftglass, the Linde North America head of Strategic Market & Business Development for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), will participate in a panel on the expanding applications for LNG and compressed natural gas (CNG) at the Shale Gas Insight^TM 2012 conference. Linde North America is a member of The Linde Group, a world - leading gases and engineering company.

Linde is applying its expertise to help companies make the switch to cleaner, more economical natural gas. It is helping to create the infrastructure to support the use of LNG and CNG for trucks as well as for a variety of maritime applications. Linde is also ideally positioned to provide LNG supplies and services to power the drilling rigs and fracturing equipment used for oil and gas production.

Luftglass commented, “This is an exciting time as we work with an expanding group of industries to realize the proven economic and environmental advantages of substituting natural gas for fuels such as coal and diesel. Linde is proud to be contributing to the growing infrastructure making this transition possible, and we welcome the ongoing technology and policy advances that are accelerating this trend that has so much potential to benefit our customers and society.”

The panel, Driving Our Way to a Cleaner Future, will take place on September 21, 2012 at 11:00am EDT. For more information, visit http://shalegasinsight.com/.

For more information on Linde’s oil and gas services, visit http://www.lindelng.com.

About The Linde Group

The Linde Group is a world-leading gases and engineering company with around 51,000 employees in more than 100 countries worldwide. In the 2011 financial year, it generated revenue of EUR 13.787 bn (US 18.1 bn). The strategy of The Linde Group is geared towards long-term profitable growth and focuses on the expansion of its international business with forward-looking products and services. Linde acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment – in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. The Group is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.

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