Russia’s helium stock enough for world’s demand – EXCLUSIVE
Gasworld can reveal that Russia could soon emerge as a key player in the rapidly depleting helium market after plans were unveiled to annually produce up to 220mcm of the gas from 2018.
Gasworld can reveal that Russia could soon emerge as a key player in the rapidly depleting helium market after plans were unveiled to annually produce up to 220mcm of the gas from 2018.
A recognised expert on energy technologies is predicting a healthy long-term future for the helium industry with the gas playing a major part in both nuclear fission and fusion.
Air Products, the global leader in helium production, has announced the signing of a long-term helium supply contract with National Helium LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DCP Midstream.
The USA could have a resolution to the on-going helium supply and demand story just days after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) raised the price of federal crude helium.
Helium is used in many industries including medical, welding, high tech manufacturing, spacecraft, and retail balloons. A recent report in the Star Telegram (Fort Worth, TX) noted that one third of the world’s helium comes from the US Government Federal...
Tight supply is the most notable aspect of this year’s review of the worldwide helium market. Uncertainties relating to timing of future supply sources, projecting market demand during uncertain economic times, and the United States Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) changing...
The healthcare market for the industrial gas industry is characterized by gas producers and distributors that supply oxygen, nitrous oxide, anesthesia gases, special mixtures, and related services. An array of new gases, related equipment, and healthcare technologies, including a broadening of the...
The National Research Council’s (NRC) recent report for the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) titled “Selling the Nation’s Helium Reserve,” produced important findings, conclusions, and recommendations that relate to the worldwide and US helium markets.
As most CryoGas International readers know, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) (www.blm.gov) is responsible for managing the United States’ Federal Helium Reserve and for selling crude helium (a gas mixture that’s between 50 and 80 percent helium) to private-sector helium refiners, who market...
Since its start-up in January this year, Linde’s state-of-the-art helium liquefaction plant at Wickham Point, near Darwin, Australia, has been steadily ramping up to full capacity of 150 million cubic feet of helium per annum.