Helium supply and demand New US sourcing required,global logistics challenges in play

摘要

Uncertainty over demand versus supply and disruption caused by supply chains dominated session one at gasworld's Helium Super Summit 2021 at the Westin Memorial City Hotel in Houston,Texas in December.Maura Garvey,Principal and Director of Market Research at Intelligas Consulting,explored the outlook for supply versus demand 2021-2026,including how some companies have struggled for availability in the second half of 2021."Beginning in July 2021 several unplanned plant shut-downs,especially the BLM,created a sudden tightness in supply that continues today,that remains in some markets today,"she said."As new large sources of helium come fully on-stream-Qatar 3,Amur and Irkusk both Russia,supply and demand balance will return,with the potential for over-supply."