Start-up of the Gazprom Amur project will see Russia become the world's third major supplier during 2022,the threat of sustained shortages should subside,and the year ahead will also see a smooth transition to a new buyer for various Bureau of Land Management(BLM)assets.Those were some of the key takeaways from the gasworld Helium Super Summit at the Westin Memorial City Hotel in Houston,Texas in December as the shift in global helium dynamics was discussed.Session 2 of the Super Summit focused on Sourcing and Supply,as delegates heard updates from Gazprom's Amur project,the privatisation of the Bureau of Land Management's(BLM's)helium assets,and the plans for a fourth helium plant in Qatar this decade.Phil Kornbluth,President of Kornbluth Helium Consulting,was first to take the stage,telling delegates that Gazprom's Amur project is now 80.9 complete and,once complete,will consist of six trains with a capacity of seven billion cubic meters(bcm)annually-a 42bcm/year design capacity.Focusing on the helium aspect,he explained,"There's going to be three helium trains,with a 700 million cubic meters(mcm)/year each capacity each.Each helium train will process the feed from two of the six processing trains.""The first train started up in September 2021,the second train is scheduled to start up in the first quarter of 2022 and train three will start up in 2024,with full capacity expected in 2025."
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