Helium

SpaceX has announced that it will delay its Polaris Dawn mission due to a helium leak, with the launch now planned for no earlier than Wednesday, 28th August.

Avanti Helium has appointed Clark Schow to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.

A technical report of Pulsar Helium’s Topaz project in Minnesota has confirmed that the acreage has both commercial concentrations of helium and carbon dioxide (CO2) with no significant environmental or logistical barriers to commercialisation.

Helix Exploration has reported “significantly elevated” helium while drilling its Clink #1 well within the Montana Helium Fairway.

A recent report highlights the urgent need for a comprehensive study on helium, a critical resource in high magnetic field research, as the global supply continues to face severe constraints.

Producer of liquid helium (LHe) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) Renergen has announced the start of commercial production at its LHe production plant in South Africa.

Messer Americas has said that fellow industrial gas giant Air Products could deprive numerous third parties’ access to privately-owned helium stored at the Federal Helium System.

Helium has always been a global commodity, like all industrial gases, but its status as a non-renewable resource gives it a distinct exposure to global market forces as well as geopolitical ones.

Grand Gulf Energy has received all the necessary approvals to start drilling the Jesse-3 well, part of the wider Red Helium project in Utah.

Rocky Mountain oil and gas company Zephyr Energy has been given the green light to begin drilling at its proposed Salt Wash Field helium project in Utah.