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Helium from Natural Gas

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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The noble gas helium is a critical commodity of strategic importance to Australia and is found within the numerous natural gas fields in onshore and offshore basins. Helium’s availability is intimately linked with the liquefied natural gas (LNG) process where it is recovered from the waste “tail gas” stream enriched in nitrogen and helium. Geoscience Australia has compiled a geochemical inventory of the composition of proven gas fields in response to the predicted global shortage of helium by 2021. By undertaking this molecular and isotopic analysis of natural gases, Geoscience Australia has identified an untapped resource potential of helium in Australia’s gas fields. The United States, Qatar and Algeria have the highest global resource estimates and production of helium.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Helium from Natural Gas
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/5e2f9194-8caf-4a74-8b2b-ba6275288c57
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 17/08/2025
Geospatial Coverage
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Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Helium from Natural Gas". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/helium-from-natural-gas