Helium is used in a variety of applications, including space, defense and energy programs, as well as the medical, computer and fiber optics fields. Against this background, worldwide consumption of pure helium increased between 5 and 10 percent a year over the past decade, with the biggest growth coming from its use as a coolant for the superconducting magnets in MRI body scanners. Current helium consumption is estimated at about 100 million cubic meters and is predicted to keep rising by 4 to 5 percent annually.
Newpoint was the only new domestic helium purification supplier to come online in 2003. We produced 99.999% pure helium from natural gas on the Navajo Nation Reservation near Shiprock, New Mexico.
Helium content of less than 1 percent can often still be purified into commercially viable, pure helium, which can turn a marginal gas stream into a profitable one.
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