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FeaturesSauer Compressors: Extensive expertise in helium compression
Founded more than 135 years ago as a brass foundry in the North German city of Kiel, Sauer Compressors today is a medium-sized German group of companies with 13 international subsidiaries. It focuses on the development, production and sale of medium and high pressure compressors for applications in commercial shipping, ...
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In focus… LNG markets and helium production
Helium, a global commodity delivered though a complex global supply chain. Having been through various periods of peaks and troughs in supply, the increasing challenge for the helium business is the diversity and reliability of its sourcing operations.
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10 minutes with… Walter Jennings
Take 10 minutes out with Walter Jennings Chairman of Noble Helium, as he discusses his take on all the developments and discussion in helium markets over the past year, as well as the company’s aims for the year ahead.
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Helium: Focus on Europe
From Helium Shortage 2.0 to the early curtailment of Helium Shortage 3.0 last year at the hands of the Covid-19 pandemic, the last decade in the global helium business has been dominated by stories of supply and demand.
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Helium: Understanding the market in 2021
If the message this time last year was that everything you knew was about to change, then with the dawn of 2021 we are on the cusp of that significant step change in the global helium business.
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Helium One updates on Rukwa Project
Helium One on Tuesday (12 th Jan) said it has completed an environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) and compensation survey, including consultation with communities in nine villages closest to the drill locations, for its Rukwa project in southern Tanzania.
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Kornbluth: Lifting Qatar embargo should improve helium logistics
Earlier this week, Saudi Arabia announced that it was restoring diplomatic relations with Qatar and immediately lifting its air, land and sea embargo that has been in place for more than three and a half years.
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Air Liquide and HFIPS form joint venture in China
Air Liquide and Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Science (HFIPS) will boost the development and manufacturing of helium refrigeration systems in China as part of a new joint venture.
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Denbury must pay APMTG Helium LLC $35m
The Wyoming Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal from Denbury Resources which has been ordered to pay APMTG Helium LLC over $35m in damages and interest for undelivered helium.
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Amur GPP construction project reaches 70.5%
Construction of Gazprom’s Amur Gas Processing Plant (GPP) is in full swing and is currently at 70.5%, the global energy company said on Thursday (17 th Dec).
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Tristar Group inks $8m contract with Linde
Global logistics company Tristar Group will transport Linde’s helium cargo across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) as part of a new five-year contract, valued at $8m.
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Recovery business
The dramatic rise in helium prices has made it financially attractive for Arencibia to recover exhaust streams that otherwise would not make economic sense. For instance, we are now recovering helium exhaust streams that suffer from very significant dilution, impurities and low volumes.
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CERN anticipates first test beams will circulate in the LHC in September 2021
CERN anticipates the first test beams will circulate in the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) at the end of September 2021, following scheduled shutdowns to allow important repair and upgrade work to take place.
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Roland Kuchler: Helium market “fairly balanced" for next 10 years
Singapore-based Roland Kuchler said he thinks the helium market will be fairly balanced for the next 10 years at gas world’s Asia-Pacific virtual event today.
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Countdown on to gasworld virtual event
The countdown is on to gas world’s inaugural virtual event, with less than two weeks to go until the online conference gets underway.
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Changing helium landscape
Coronavirus (Covid-19) has changed our lives and disrupted business, shifting demands since the start of the global pandemic in March. Helium entered 2020 in short supply, but has the impacted of Covid-19 changed the supply-demand balance? And what is driving demand?
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Numerous challenges in helium exploration
A decade’s worth of news stories on helium shortages and prices have led to a migration of oil gas exploration and production companies (E P) into the helium development space. For any newcomer, there is plenty of romance with helium. Its scarcity, rising prices and high-tech applications have ...
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Belief in the Ladder of success
Durell Johnson’s career has come full circle. Twenty years after ending his association with the Ladder Creek Helium Plant, Johnson began 2020 as its new owner. Far from seeing it as a sentimental step back, Johnson has returned to complete a vision of making Ladder Creek one of the most ...
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Turning reserves into reliable supply
It is an exciting time for North American Helium (NAH), but for CEO and Chairman Nick Snyder the focus is to make the upstream helium exploration and production business “boring”.
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Outlook for helium in microelectronics in Covid-19 era
The economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has been devasting to the global economy. During most recessions the more typical or normal behaviour is for consumers to cut spending on discretionary items including technology goods and for businesses to delay investment in new PCs, equipment, to conserve cash and wait ...
