# Helium and LNG chain

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/helium-and-lng-chain/

[Helium](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/helium/) (commodity) and [LNG chain](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_lng/) (energy): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: co-product

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

Qatar recovers helium from the tail gas of its LNG trains, so LNG outages or expansions change world helium supply. The proxy index shows a modest link, with monthly moves at 0.15 and yearly moves at 0.39, as LNG prices and helium volumes are only loosely connected.

- **0.15** monthly change correlation
- **0.39** 12-month change correlation
- **0.08** fitted elasticity

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.