The Helium Reserve, however, is scheduled to be closed permanently on September 30, 2021. Meanwhile, there is considerable demand for helium. Worldwide, 175 million m3 of helium are used each year, enough to fill 2,000 blimps.
How long until helium runs out?
Once the gas leaks into the atmosphere, it is light enough to escape the Earth's gravitational field so it bleeds off into space, never to return. We may run out of helium within 25–30 years because it's being consumed so freely.
Is there still a helium shortage 2020?
Helium Shortage 3.0 will likely ease in the second half of 2020, but that does not mean it's going away anytime soon – in fact it will remain until 2021. In the long-term, a different looking market may exist by 2025, driven by a raft of new projects coming on-stream.
