Helium

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has transferred $60m generated from the sale and auction of crude helium from the Federal Helium Reserve to the US Treasury.

With a long history in the speciality chemical industry, Evonik traces its orgins back to the mid-1800s, born from a collection of German companies that evolved and merged to become Evonik Industries in 2007.

Blue Star Helium said it has acquired an additional 22 new leases over 34,848 gross acres within the highly prospective Las Animas region in Colorado, US.

Gazprom is set to become one of the world’s major helium players when it increases its helium production by 13 times through the Amur Gas Processing Plant, according to the Russian company.

Desert Mountain Energy (DME) on Wednesday said it has found “significant” helium percentages in two new wells in Arizona, US.

In recent years, due to recurring shortages of helium and its increased commercial value, there has been an unprecedented amount of activity related to exploration for new helium source

American illusionist David Blaine has flown over the Arizona Desert by holding approximately 50 helium balloons of varying sizes.

Desert Mountain Energy has announced that its completion and testing operations have commenced at its initial two wildcat helium wells in Arizona’s Holbrook Basin.

Lake Shore Cryotronics has acquired Janis Research’s Laboratory Cryogenics business — a move that unites two of the world’s leading providers of cryogenic and material characterisation solutions for low-temperature research.

Founded in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in its almost 60 years of business, Gardner Cryogenics has today produced more than 1,900 cryogenic tanks, the first of which is still operational today.