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Neuron Launches BESS Facility and More…OPEC+ Prepares Paper Oil Barrels While Exports StallOil Majors Eye U.S. Offshore Asset as Supply Crunch IntensifiesJapan’s JERA Cancels Long-Term LNG Deal With CommonwealthUS Utility-Scale Solar Developers Rush To Safe Harbor Massive Capacity Ahead Of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) And Policy DeadlinesBarro Alto Solar Complex Expands Its Capacity And Strengthens Renewable Generation In Brazil’s Electricity SectorMorro do Chapéu Project Reaches Key Milestone As 500 kV Medeiros Neto II–João Neiva 2 Line Begins OperationSonaura To Supply Albéa’s Scheßlitz Factory With Long-Term Solar Power Through New Private-Wire PPARussia Preparing to Send 2nd Oil Tanker to CubaLNG storage strategies swing into actionChina Directs Private Refiners to Maintain Fuel Output Even At A Loss40% of Russia’s Baltic Oil Export Capacity Offline as Gasoline Ban WidensUS Crude Jumps More Than 11%, Brent Nearly 8% After Trump Vows More Attacks on IranUS Regulators Grant California’s Last Nuclear Power Plant 20-Year Operating Life ExtensionUS Drillers Add Oil and Gas Rigs for First Time in Three Weeks, Baker Hughes SaysUK Hosts 36-Country Summit to Reopen Strait of HormuzMicrosoft in Talks With Chevron, Engine No. 1 Over $7 Billion Texas Power PlantUS Not Engaged in Any Talks About New Oil Stocks Release, Official SaysBP Names Carol Howle as Deputy CEO, to Oversee Portfolio Review, StrategyTrump Speech Unleashes More Pain on US Consumers With $5 Gasoline, Record Diesel in SightAustralia Considers Emergency Powers to Protect Domestic Gas SupplyDOE’s Section 202(c) Emergency Orders Since May 2025: 43 and CountingArtemis II sets off on cryogenics-fuelled MoonshotOil Surges on Fears of Prolonged WarADNOC Chief Urges Global Action as Iran Chokes Hormuz Energy FlowsIndia Accelerates Shift to Piped Gas as LPG Crisis DeepensIndia Waives Import Tax on Petrochemicals as War Roils Supply ChainsPulsar Helium appoints new President to advance Minnesota helium projectOil Is in the Middle of a Geopolitical Knife FightCairn Oil & Gas Begins Sourcing 25 MW Of Captive Renewable Hybrid Power Through Partnership With Serentica Renewables India Pvt. Ltd.Takeaways From Trump’s speech on IranOil Prices Jump Over 7% After Trump Says Attacks on Iran Will ContinueInvestor Reactions to Trump’s Speech on Iran WarTotalEnergies and Masdar form $2.2bn Asia renewables joint ventureTrump’s Renewed Iran Threats Drive Oil HigherVenezuela Oil Exports Top 1 Million Bpd in MarchWTI Jumps 51% in a Month on Iran War Supply ShockResonia Ltd. Wins Major Karnataka ISTS Project From The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) To Strengthen The Southern GridCCUS makes funding progress but barriers remainGlenfarne Group targets Q2 FID for Texas LNG as trading arm expandsAvangrid Foundation Celebrates Major Milestone As Employees Deliver 42,000 Volunteer Hours In 2025Neoen Advances 100 MW Ako Battery Storage Project, Strengthening Japan’s Grid Stability PushMixed Trends In Indian Green Energy Stocks Reflect Cautious Investor Sentiment On April 2Analysis: Stranded containers create global helium supply bottleneck
Tue. Apr 7th, 2026

Air Liquide buys DIG Airgas for $3.3bn to boost Asian profile

  • Gas
  • August 22, 2025

Air Liquide has signed a binding agreement with Macquarie Asia-Pacific Infrastructure Fund 2 to buy leading South Korean industrial gas company DIG Airgas for KW4.6trn ($3.3bn).

Confirmation of the deal, which is expected to close in the first semester of 2026, comes after the French industrial gases major last month.

Air Liquide said the acquisition “substantially strengthens” its market position in South Korea, which is the sixth largest manufacturing country by GDP and fourth largest industrial gas market.

François Jackow, CEO of Air Liquide, said the deal demonstrates its ability to invest strategically for profitable growth in Asia – particularly in the fast-growing electronics sector – and cited three key reasons for the purchase.

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