Dr David Dwight Johnson, CEO at Imperial Helium, explained how Canada can play a vital role in the future of the helium sector, as part of the Helium: A Year of Change webinar.
Speaking on the webinar, sponsored by DOD Technologies, Johnson said, “Canadian companies such as Imperial Helium are at the forefront of developing a Canadian helium industry.”
“From World War Two onwards, we’ve seen anywhere from 20-50% of the global raw helium supply basically supplied out of the US through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).”
“But with the cessation of sales by BLM, we’ve seen a major shift in the current global supply to other countries, including Russia, Qatar and Algeria – and they now account for about 50% of the global supply.”
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