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First Reformed Queue Cycle Draws 811 Projects, 220 GWJP Morgan: UAE Could Attract More U.S. Investment After OPEC ExitStrait of Hormuz Fears Send California Gas Past $6 a GallonENEOS Takes 10% Stake in Malaysia LNG Tiga in New Deal With PetronasValero Energy Beats Profit Estimates on Strong Refining PerformanceIran Threatens Painful Response if US Resumes Attacks, Oil Prices SeesawConocoPhillips Cuts Annual Production Targets as Iran War Disrupts OperationsUS Has More Natural Gas Than It Can Use as War Chokes Global SupplyWhy $100 Oil is No Longer Spooking Equity Markets: Stephen JenUS Naval Blockade Squeezes Iran’s Oil Exports, Forces Crude Onto Floating StorageRussia Dismisses Price War Fears Following UAE Departure From OPEC+
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Trending News: AOI wins $20.85m state grant for semiconductor capacity expansionOil Up 3% After Iran Claims it Attacked US Warship; US Denies ReportFervo Energy Eyes $6.5 Billion Valuation in US IPOTrump Administration Cites National Security to Halt US Wind Farm ProjectsPermian Landowner EagleRock Eyes $2.6 billion Valuation in US IPORussian Oil Cargo Set to Arrive in Japan Amid Supply Strains$125 Oil Could Tip Global Economy Into RecessionGlobal Methane Cuts Could Unlock Double the Gas Volumes Hit by Hormuz CrisisFirst India-Bound LPG Tanker Clears Hormuz Since U.S. Blockade BeganVideo | What China’s electrolyser market means for global manufacturersOPEC+ Decides to Boost OutputPOWER Reveals 2026 Awards Finalists; Readers to Choose Plant of the YearClimeworks signs first AI carbon removal dealOil Prices Fall as Trump Launches “Project Freedom” and OPEC+ Increases OutputAustralia and Japan Deepen Energy Ties With New Supply Chain Pact‘Lab-on-a-chip’ device could speed up CO2-to-fuelsUS to Guide Trapped Ships through HormuzCentrica looks to Delta for SOFC systems for European data centres and industryChevron Earnings Top Estimates While Refining Swings to LossVenezuela Oil Exports Hit Seven-Year HighTrump Says US to Help Ships Stranded in Strait of Hormuz as Tanker Hit by ProjectilesUkraine Hits Russian Black Sea Oil Port Four Times in One WeekADNOC to award $55 billion in projects as UAE pushes oil growth strategyTrump Says US Navy Acting ‘Like Pirates’ to Carry Out Naval Blockade of Iranian PortsWeek in Africa: Mozambique 30 MW Solar Tender; SA 1.5 GW Hybrid Project; Guinea Mining Goes Solar and More…SP Energy Networks and Buglife Transform Substation Grasslands Into Thriving Pollinator Habitats Through the Pollinator B-Lines ProjectWith Costs Rising And Markets Tightening, America’s Farmers Turn To Solar To Protect Their Land And Livelihoods, SEIA HighlightsIberdrola Invests €14.5 Billion In Twelve Months, With Majority Directed To Networks In The UK And United StatesIndore’s Jalud Solar Plant Marks New Renewable Finance Model with Citizen-Backed Green BondsBonfiglioli India Signs 9 MWp Solar Power Deal with Cleantech Solar for Tamil Nadu OperationsPT PLN (Persero) Signs MoU with Villages Ministry to Expand Rural Electrification in IndonesiaMozambique Relaunches Tender for 30 MW Solar PV Project in DondoInternational Finance Corporation Partners with WindForce PLC for Sri Lanka’s First 100 MW Utility-Scale Solar ProjectTrump ‘Not Happy’ With Iran, Touts Strait ‘100% Shut’US Drillers Add Oil and Gas Rigs for Second Week in a Row, Says Baker HughesOwners of WildFire Energy Explore $4 Billion-Plus Sale of US Shale Operator, Sources SayUS LNG Exports to Asia Surged in April as Middle East Conflict Curtailed SupplySyria Still Leans on Russia for Oil SupplyTrump’s Trade Czar Says U.S. Looking to Work with Canada on Energy and Critical MineralsExxon Net Income Falls, Output Hit by Iran WarChevron’s Upstream Strength Lifts First-Quarter Earnings Past EstimateIran Threatens Painful Response if US Renews AttacksWhile Asia and Europe Scramble for Natural Gas, the US Glut Has Nowhere to GoU.S. Oil and Gas Firms Sign Deals to Operate in VenezuelaIran Warns of $140 Oil as Trump Holds Hormuz BlockadePakistan Imports First LNG Cargo in Weeks in Relief for Energy CrisisExxon Beats Q1 Earnings on Oil Price Surge Despite 6% Production DropINEOS and Sandpiper to develop $1.7bn blue methanol plant in Texas CityLinde juggles resilient and cyclical end market triosLinde backlog nears $10bn as project rollout continuesLinde backlog nears $10bn as project rollout continuesAir Products’ $9bn backlog shored up by AI-driven electronics boomAir Products’ $9bn backlog shored up by AI-driven electronics boomLinde cites construction challenges as Beaumont blue ammonia timeline slipsLinde expects further helium price risesLinde expects further helium price risesCavendish Hydrogen awarded €1.4m Northwest Europe refuelling station dealUS Naval Blockade Squeezes Iran’s Oil Exports, Forces Crude Onto Floating StorageTC Energy Approves $1.5 billion Columbia Gas Expansion After Profit Tops EstimatesSteady Oil Prices Set for Weekly Gain as Iran War Rumbles OnUS Has More Natural Gas Than It Can Use as War Chokes Global SupplyWhy $100 Oil is No Longer Spooking Equity MarketsCalifornians Now Paying 6 Bucks a Gallon for Kicks on Route 66Trump Reacts to UAE OPEC WithdrawalVideo | A centralised or decentralised future for hydrogen?Toyota fuel cells secure North America certification as it eyes stationary usesWoodside Struggles to Secure Buyers for U.S. LNG as Pricing BackfiresOil Prices Set for Another Weekly Gain as Supply Shock DeepensTotalEnergies Extends Fuel Price Cap in France as Middle East Crisis Drags OnLinde reports strong quarter despite global pressuresCrisis removes half a million tonnes of nitrogen fertiliserNew Mexico helium plant marketed amid tight supplyNew Mexico helium plant marketed amid tight marketBiogas-to-hydrogen ‘could halve costs’ versus electrolysis, webinar hearsNet Crude Supply Loss is 9 Million Bpd Despite Surge in Atlantic Exports: VortexRepsol Holds Off on U.S. Listing for Upstream Unit Despite 2026 PlansIndian Oil Raises LPG and Jet Fuel PricesUkraine Hits Major Russian Refinery, Pumping StationSoCalGas blocked from passing hydrogen pipeline costs to residential customersIndustry tech winners will be those who integrate‘Bubble-free’ electrolyser start-up plans Rotterdam pilot after €2.7m raiseWhy downsizing won’t solve Air Products’ $9bn Louisiana blue hydrogen problemTrump Eyes More U.S. Oil Output as Iran War Squeezes SupplyWoodside Struggles to Sell LNG Volumes at Louisiana LNG Plant, Sources SayTrump Signs Order Authorizing Bridger’s Canada-Wyoming Crude PipelineTangerine peel’s radiation health benefits researchedFuel loading begins at Changjiang 3Fusion industry leaders call for EU long-term planSecond Indian fuel cycle complex gets operating licencePJM’s First Reformed Queue Cycle Draws 811 Projects, 220 GWJP Morgan: UAE Could Attract More U.S. Investment After OPEC ExitStrait of Hormuz Fears Send California Gas Past $6 a GallonENEOS Takes 10% Stake in Malaysia LNG Tiga in New Deal With PetronasValero Energy Beats Profit Estimates on Strong Refining PerformanceIran Threatens Painful Response if US Resumes Attacks, Oil Prices SeesawConocoPhillips Cuts Annual Production Targets as Iran War Disrupts OperationsUS Has More Natural Gas Than It Can Use as War Chokes Global SupplyWhy $100 Oil is No Longer Spooking Equity Markets: Stephen JenUS Naval Blockade Squeezes Iran’s Oil Exports, Forces Crude Onto Floating StorageRussia Dismisses Price War Fears Following UAE Departure From OPEC+
Mon. May 4th, 2026

Helium market faces rare oversupply as Russian volumes reshape global balance

  • Gas
  • October 3, 2025

For the first time in years, the global helium market is experiencing excess supply, with Russian volumes flooding into Asia and softening demand for new container builds in the US.

The shift has already forced at least one US manufacturer to scale back output at a Pennsylvania facility, highlighting the knock-on effects of changing trade flows.

The shift has already forced at least one US manufacturer to scale back output at a Pennsylvania facility.

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