Helium

MATHESON and Air Products have confirmed the start of production operations at their jointly-owned liquid helium production plant near Big Piney, Wyoming.

Air Liquide will be playing a key role in an international project known as ITER which is aiming to develop an experimental fusion reactor as a new source of energy.

On the 18th of March 2014 Cryomech Inc and Dr. Chao Wang were issued United States Patent no. 8,671,698 for the Gas liquefier invented by Dr. Chao Wang.

The first Grasys industrial membrane plant in Russia for helium recovery from natural gas has been successfully tested at the Kovykta gas and condensate field.

Last year all the talk was of the impending Helium Cliff scenario and as 2013 began, it was clear that it would be a significant year for the global helium business.

Airgas has announced today that it plans to increase prices on helium by 20%, on average, effective immediately or as contracts permit.

Further to plans first announced in June earlier this year, a new liquid and gaseous helium transfilling station has been inaugurated at the Ras Laffan Support Services Area in northeast Qatar.

RasGas has inaugurated its second helium operation in Qatar, known as Helium 2 and marking an important shift in the make-up of the global helium market.

  The worldwide helium market continues to be marked by uncertainty. The future of the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) helium reservoir remains undecided and is awaiting legislation that will determine its role, as new sources of helium are...

  There is approximately 6.2 billion cubic feet of helium gas consumed per year worldwide for use in all market segments with demand increasing by about two percent annually into the near future. From this total consumption, approximately five percent,...