In a world first, Air Liquide has commissioned a large helium (He) storage facility in North Western Germany, enabling the French business to “better answer its customers’ needs for a reliable and predictable He supply.”
Tier One player Praxair, Inc. has reinforced its European supply of helium (He) after signing a long-term contract with the only He producer in Central Europe.
Sustainable Innovations (SI), a waste and energy innovator, has bagged a contract to supply a commercial-scale helium (He) recycling system to NASA.
IACX Energy, a nitrogen (N2) rejection and helium (He) recovery specialist, has revealed it will take receipt of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) He at its operating facility in Kansas, US.
Roughly two years after the start of production from the Qatar 2 helium source turned a severe shortage to a veritable glut of supply almost overnight, helium markets may finally be showing signs of stability.
With the entry of an estimated 25% in new global capacity in the market in late 2013 and early 2014, the helium business of 2016 continues to find itself in a state of over-supply.
While this gasworld supplement is primarily dedicated to the subject of helium, I am describing opportunities in the carbon dioxide (CO2) industry, with insight into the Air Products helium recovery operation from a natural CO2...
From its usage in welding and cutting, fibre optics, electronics, aerospace and leak-testing applications, to its publicly recognisable role in balloon inflation, helium has typically been a gas in increasing demand.
It’s well documented that the helium shortages of recent years have driven a trend for product conservation, recovery and recycling; the softened helium demand coming out of the shortages has been a recurring topic in...
In November 2013, two geologists were travelling through the Tanzanian Savannah on their way to a gold prospect. To pass time during the long drive, one of them flicked through a publication lying on the...
