All Helium articles – Page 9
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NewsAir Products supplies helium for TV stunt
Staff at Air Products’ Didcot site in Oxfordshire had front row seats for Guy Martin’s latest adrenaline-fuelled speed challenge, after the corporation was chosen to supply helium (He) for his latest TV stunt.
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Global Helium Summit 2.0: Supply source security in focus
An insightful and thought-provoking day of presentations has come to a close at the Global Helium Summit 2.0 in New Jersey, US.
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IACX taps the BLM helium pipeline
In May of 2016, IACX Energy tapped the BLM helium pipeline to begin taking receipt of crude helium from the BLM helium reserve. With this action, IACX becomes the first company to tap the government line and join the refiner community since the passage of the Helium Stewardship Act of ...
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Helium in 2016 – Brisk sourcing activity, despite ample supply
Despite sluggish growth in demand and continued ample supply in global helium markets, the level of activity aimed at developing new sources of helium continues at an unprecedented rate.
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Helium airships are on the rise
When the great George Strait sang, “Amarillo by morning, Amarillo I’ll be there,” he wasn’t headed there for helium, despite that Amarillo, Texas is known for being the hometown of the nation’s largest supply.
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The 2016 worldwide helium market
The worldwide helium market demand in 2016 is about 5.9 billion cubic feet (Bcf) (see Figure 1). This is flat compared to 2015, and a decline of about 100 million cubic feet (mmcf) from five years ago due to demand destruction and global economic weakness.
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Partnership bringing hybrid airships to Alaska
UK-based Hybrid Airship owner and operator Straightline Aviation is embarking upon a strategic partnership with PRL Logistics Inc., a leader in remote site logistics, which will see the first helium-buoyed hybrid airships introduced in Alaska.
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Air Products opens South Korean specialty gas plant
Air Products has opened a new, state-of-the-art specialty gases and helium (He) transfill facility in Ochang, South Korea.
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Operations commence at Saskatchewan He site
Commercial operations have officially commenced at Weil Group Resources and Linde Engineering’s unique helium (He) purification facility in Saskatchewan, maintaining the promise to revitalise the Canadian He resource industry.
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World first: Air Liquide commissions He storage site
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.”
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Praxair reinforces He supply in Central Europe
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.
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SI delivers He recovery system to NASA
Sustainable Innovations (SI), a waste and energy innovator, has bagged a contract to supply a commercial-scale helium (He) recycling system to NASA.
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IACX Energy taps BLM helium pipeline
IACX Energy, a nitrogen (N 2 ) 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.
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Helium Markets Finding Equilibrium
An update on the hot-topic Helium market from Phil Kornbluth of Kornbluth Helium Consulting.
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The helium heatmap
gasworld explores what’s hot and expected to get warmer in the evolving global helium heatmap in 2016.
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Liquid helium technology – In vogue
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 the industry as it faces up to the rare situation of over-supply.
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Helium One – A new horizon in helium sourcing
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 back seat of their Landcruiser, entitled ‘Industrial Minerals in Tanzania, An Investor’s Guide’.
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Helium and carbon dioxide
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 stream located in Colorado.
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Helium applications – Airships, disk drives and future innovation
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.
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Global Helium Summit 2.0: A Preview
gas world Conferences will host The Global Helium Summit 2.0 in Somerset, New Jersey, September 12-13, 2016, to examine changes in supply and demand over the last three years within the helium business, both in the US and globally.
