Christian Annesley

Bristol

Editor at gasworld magazine

Editor, gasworld US magazine, writing about industrial gases and the energy transition

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Articles

Why Modern Hydrogen backs its model despite policy turbulence

4 days ago | gasworld.com | Charlie Currie |Christian Annesley |Molly Burgess

Charlie Currie hears how the firm is betting on decentralized hydrogen production, solid carbon by-products and long-term customer planning to weather political uncertaintyFor all the political uncertainty unfolding in the US right now, Washington state-based Kai Moncino and his employer Modern Hydrogen are surprisingly relaxed.
Air Liquide to build €70m ultra-high-purity air gases plant in Singapore

4 days ago | gasworld.com | Molly Burgess |Christian Annesley

Industrial gas major Air Liquide will build a €70m ($79.8m) air separation unit in Singapore to supply ultra-high-purity nitrogen, oxygen, and argon to VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (VSMC), a joint venture formed by Taiwan’s Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation and the Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors. The plant will be located at the Tampines Water Fab Park, one of the country’s four key wafer fabrication hubs.
Tech has a role in enabling hydrogen projects

5 days ago | gasworld.com | Molly Burgess |Christian Annesley |Charlie Currie

As developers struggle to reach final investment decisions on hydrogen projects, smart design, modularity, and digital tools are emerging as critical enablers. Molly Burgess speaks to ABB about how it is supporting the push toward bankable projects. Despite a significant surge in final investment decisions (FIDs) in global hydrogen projects in 2024, the industry remains a long way off meeting earlier expectations, with large-scale projects being few and far between.
Mitsubishi trucks unit and Iwatani to study subcooled liquid hydrogen refuelling

1 week ago | gasworld.com | Christian Annesley

Japan-based Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp (MFTBC) and industrial gas company Iwatani, also of Japan, have signed a memorandum of understanding to study liquid hydrogen (sLH2) refuelling technology for hydrogen-powered commercial vehicles. Japan-based Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp (MFTBC) and industrial gas company Iwatani, also of Japan, have signed a memorandum of understanding to study liquid hydrogen (sLH2) refuelling technology for hydrogen-powered commercial vehicles.
Air Products sets out in a new direction - a round-up

4 weeks ago | gasworld.com | Christian Annesley

On 1 May the new leadership of industrial gas major Air Products hosted an earnings call and told us a lot about the company’s direction from here. Here Managing Editor Christian Annesley gathers together everything we found out about Air Products’ past mistakes and future strategy.
China gasification plants have dented earnings in Asia, says Air Products

1 month ago | gasworld.com | Christian Annesley

Industrial gas major Air Products has said that two underperforming coal gasification facilities in China have acted as a drag on the company’s performance in Asia, delivering bottom-line losses in fiscal 2023 and 2024 that have dented the region’s overall earnings contribution to the group.
Air Products seeks to improve profit margin in core business by a quarter

1 month ago | gasworld.com | Christian Annesley

Industrial gas major Air Products has set a target to improve the operating margin of its core merchant gas business over time from about 24% today to a best-in-class 30% or more – that’s an uplift of a quarter. The company, which held an earnings call this week where it posted a $1.7bn second-quarter 2025 loss after taking a write-down of up to $3.1bn on three cancelled large-scale projects, has had a lot to grapple with in recent months.
EU gas report 2025

1 month ago | gasworld.com | Christian Annesley

By gasworld Intelligence with reporting by Christian AnnesleyEurope is one of the world’s key markets for industrial gases, even if the rate of Europe’s consumption of industrial gas has remained steady in recent years at just below £20bn annually while some other markets have been growing. With the 2024 data now in, it is a good moment to look at market moves and trends. Market breakdown by country... to continue reading you must be subscribed
10 minutes with… Luca Scaccabarozzi

1 month ago | gasworld.com | Christian Annesley

gasworld takes ten minutes with Luca Scaccabarozzi, Head of Automation at Swiss Safety CenterWhat have we interrupted in your schedule today? I am following up on some work generated by my recent travels. I was part of a Factory Acceptance Test for a brand-new Autosonic system, plus I was in the Far East visiting a customer to deliver training, audit and support for its staff. Could you tell us more about Swiss Safety Center? ... to continue reading you must be subscribed
Air Products CEO: why we kept some hydrogen projects and canned others

1 month ago | gasworld.com | Christian Annesley

Air Products has said more about its logic for deciding which underperforming hydrogen projects to cancel and which to pursue. The recently installed CEO Eduardo Menezes said on Thursday’s Q2 earnings call that the company was mindful of the way that delivering a project would impact its cash flow, while also considering project-related commercial commitments to customers. “You know, we take [our customer commitments] very seriously,” he said.