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Helium supply, shortages and prices
Why helium is scarce, who produces it, who depends on it and how the 2026 disruption changed the market.
Helium is recovered mainly from natural gas processing, so a small number of gas fields and plants supply most of the world. Disruption to Gulf gas processing in 2026 tightened a market that was already exposed to outages.
Our analysis covers helium producers and new projects, prices and contracts, and the industries that depend on helium, from medical imaging to semiconductors and space.
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