Linde Expands Capacity in U.S. Gulf Coast to Meet Increased Demand for Industrial Gases

HOUSTON--(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.