Helium

BOC has agreed to supply UK-based Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) with the helium gas required to launch the Airlander’s first commercial test flights in 2016.

Everything leaks” is a frequent comment in the leak testing business, and it is wise to consider the ramifications of that statement in the industrial gas business.   

Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City (NSWC PC) scientists have developed a prototype for a new life support system for divers.The goal of the new system is to accelerate the deployment of Navy divers, increase...

The University of Illinois has recently made considerable investment in helium recycling technology as it strives to achieve sustainability in the gas against a well-documented backdrop of fluctuating supply dynamics.

Why is leak detection so important in vehicles? Due to the complex operation of new multi-speed transmissions, transmission-fluid leaks can significantly affect performance.

The Linde Group has been awarded a contract to provide its helium purification and processing technology to Richmond, Virginia-based Weil Group Resources, LLC.

After three years of significant shortages, the global helium business now finds itself in a state of over-supply. Some estimates suggest that the entry of new capacity in the market in late 2013 and early...

The global helium market may have been in a state of over-supply in 2014, but as our previous feature explains, that does not spell the end of fragilities in the helium supply chain. Nor are...

Helium, as we are all too well aware, has typically been a gas in demand. By geography, the greatest demand for helium comes from the US (36%), while Asia (28%) and Europe (22%) are the...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) transfered $115m to the US Treasury for revenue generated from the sale and auction of crude helium from the Federal Helium Reserve, a resource owned by the American people...