In May 2016, IACX Energy tapped the BLM helium pipeline to begin taking receipt of crude helium from the BLM helium reserve. With this action, IACX became the first company to tap the government line...
This article is based on a presentation prepared for the Global Helium Summit 2.0 by the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Robert Jolley. Diagrams are provided to address the new changes introduced by the Helium...
The helium industry is a fascinating one. It is also an exciting and fun industry to work in…most of the time. It is a truly global industry with far more similarities to the oil and...
Oxygen sensors at a Saint Paul, MN-based gas distribution company are working backwards. Instead of looking for oxygen concentrations in the company laboratories, they are looking for no oxygen. For Oxygen Service Company, monitoring gas...
“Build it and they will come.” We all remember “Field of Dreams.” Beware the operative word here — dreams. This assumption has no home in the real world of high end specialty gas production technology....
It’s a brand new year with brand new savings to be made in the bulk liquid market of cryogenic gases, as a study shows that a quiet yet unsettling depletion trend has been infiltrating the...
One of the most promising new developments in the global helium business last year was the emergence of Helium One, the arrival of a potential new stakeholder in the market with untapped resources in helium...
Helium in the US has historically been produced as a by-product of natural gas or from large reserves of methane and carbon dioxide (CO2). The tight global helium supply situation of 2012/13, together with the...
Arguably the biggest story of 2016 was the shock election of Republican candidate Donald Trump to US President, over Democrat rival Hillary Clinton. A hard-fought and often bitter race to the White House was won...
Each January we take a look at the trends that we believe will impact the markets for industrial, medical, and specialty gases and their related technology and equipment providers.
