Text Air Gas Co | Wholesale Helium Distribution
Tex-Air Gas Co., Inc.

Bulk helium.
Delivered or filled.
Made in America.

Tex-Air Gas is a wholesale helium distribution business in Amarillo, Texas.

A family-owned business since 1952, we’re committed to delivering and supplying helium in bulk, developing partnerships in good faith, and supporting industries in our region and across the country.

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Bulk helium delivery

Grade A Helium. High-octane operation.

When you need helium to propel your business—whether it’s distributing welding supplies or manufacturing cutting-edge technologies—you call Tex-Air Gas. Our fleet of jumbo gaseous tube trailers are all configured the same, and are rated at 3,165 PSI and holding approximately 163,000 SCF. Our Grade A helium is 99.999% pure. And, oh yeah, our supply is always on-site and ready to roll.

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Strong Supply

We store our helium on-site, so we never run out and never leave you waiting.

Transparent Pricing

We’re the kind of company that believes a man is only as good as his word.

Rapid Response

We understand that time is money. Let’s get what you need, when you need it.

Flexible

Being small allows us to be agile and meet your needs however specific.

Always up.
Always ready.
Helium on-demand

High Compressor Output

With two compressors that each have an output of 15,000 SCF/hour, we can fill a 160,000 SCF tube trailer in 12-14 hours.

If you have liquid helium you need tolled into gas trailers, we have capacity. We can fill standard jumbo tube trailers, and we can fill carbon fiber trailers up to 3750 PSI.

Ample concrete parking & easy turn around

for any size trailer coming into our secure facility.


Schedule fill times to meet customer requirements

Our operating hours are 8am – 5pm (Mon – Fri).

Have a tube trailer you need filled?

We have 99.999% pure helium at competitive pricing.

We use real time analyzers to monitor the purity of product being filled into the trailers. All incoming trailers will have samples sent to a third party certified lab for residual product analysis, and all final fill production will be analyzed by the lab for certificate of analysis.

Built-In Redundancies for always-up time.

Transient voltage surge protection by Maxivolt installed on our equipment to safeguard from power events that could cause unprotected plants to be down for months.

Three tube trailer fill stations with independent valving, piping, pressure gauges, and fill lines.

Two compressors and two control panels that we run one at a time, giving us a backup system if needed.

Fuel your innovations with helium from Tex-Air Gas.

At Tex-Air Gas, we’re not just supporting efforts in manufacturing, medicine, and scientific research—we’re helping industry professionals make breakthroughs, shatter barriers, and set new precedents in their fields. As a family-owned operation for for nearly 70 years, we take pride in providing solutions to those who have the will to change the world forever.

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Third-generation.
Veteran-owned.
Family business.

When Big Jim Prowell started a welding supply company way back in 1952, he never imagined his business would take off to record-breaking heights—literally.

Today, Tex-Air Gas sources and distributes bulk helium to hard-working businesses in the continental United States. Family owned and operated for three generations, Tex-Air Gas represents a legacy of excellence, integrity, and a good old-fashioned American work ethic.

Tex-Air Gas:

A Timeline.

1952

Big Jim Prowell Sr. founds Tex-Air Gas Co., Inc. The business is incorporated as a welding supply company in Amarillo, Texas.

1971

Big Jim Jr. returns from serving as a Marine in the Vietnam War and starts working in the family business.

1976

Big Jim Jr. takes over as President & CEO of Tex-Air Gas. He quickly begins exploring creative ways to transform the business.

1986

Tex-Air Gas enhances its production capabilities, pumps up its operation, and enters the wholesale helium market.

2012

Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner teams up with Red Bull and Tex-Air Gas to fuel his world record-breaking freefall from the edge of space.

2020

American illusionist and endurance artist David Blaine partners with Tex-Air to dazzle the world by soaring across the Arizona desert with 52 helium filled balloons, reaching an altitude of 24,900 feet before skydiving back to the surface.

2021+

Tex-Air continues to develop and implement innovative technologies that will streamline the partnerships between wholesalers and customers.

Meet the guys

Our operation is small enough for quick turnaround times but big enough for largescale supplies. If you need helium, we’re the guys who can get it to you.

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Jim Prowell

Executive Vice President

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Joe Prowell

President