Praxair to expand New Mexico nitrogen facilities

Praxair Inc will further expand liquid and gaseous nitrogen supply and storage at the company’s Kirtland, New Mexico, industrial gases facilities over the next two years. The expansion will more than triple its current capacity of liquid nitrogen to over 800 tonnes per day, including gaseous nitrogen that is being supplied to local pipeline customers under long-term contracts.
 
Gerald Miller, vice president of the West Region for Praxair’s US industrial gases business, said, “Our investments have enabled Praxair to continue to grow and serve the oil service segment, as well as other liquid customers in the region. We are committed to investing in areas that show significant and growing demand for industrial gases, such as the San Juan Basin.”
 
Demand for pipeline and liquid nitrogen continues to grow as oil and gas operators develop new resources in the San Juan Basin, a low cost producing region, which includes southwestern Colorado, northwestern New Mexico and adjacent areas in Arizona and Utah.