Investigation of Helium Situation in the World to Plan this New Important Economic Resource for Iran

In the present research, to plan the future of Iran's potential helium reserves and identify important target markets, the status of resources and reserves, production, consumption and global trade of helium has been statistically investigated during a period of 10 years (2010-2019). In this regard, by extracting data from valid international statistical sources and references, processing and drawing diagrams and analyzing them, the position of the world's leading continents and countries in various fields was determined. The results of the research show that most of the world's helium sources are in the United States of America, Qatar, Algeria and Russia. The United States and Qatar also supply much of the world's helium. The average global production of helium is about 175 million cubic meters per year, where moderately the United States, 55%, Qatar, 32%, Algeria, 6%, Australia, 3%, Russia, 2%, Poland, 1% and the rest of the world countries, perform 1% of global helium production. In terms of helium consumption, the continents of America, Asia, Europe and Africa were ranked respectively. The United States of America, Japan and China have the highest helium consumption in the world, respectively. Asian countries China and Japan are major importers and some countries in the Middle East are also importers of helium, which can be focused as export target markets. The world's largest exporters of helium are the United States of America, Qatar, Algeria, France, Russia, Australia and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Therefore, in the future, Iran's main trade competitors in the field of helium exports will be Qatar, Russia and Australia countries which, with logical and correct planning, should overtake them and seize the target export markets.