Due to the strategic importance of helium resources,the superiority of helium resource conditions in the United States of America(USA),and the severity of current helium supply and demand contradiction in China,it is of great significance to conduct a comparison of helium geological conditions and resource potential between China and the USA.By comparing the geological conditions,resources,and reserves data of helium between China and the USA,based on historical helium production data and combined with global helium demand analysis,the Hubbert model,Gaussian model,and resource reserve constrained production prediction models are used to predict global,US,and China's helium production from 2023 to 2030,providing reference for China's helium exploration and development work.(1)Compared with the North American platform where the USA is located,the Chinese platform is relatively small and has undergone multiple stages of tectonic evolution.The distribution of helium in China shows the characteristics of"multiple points,wide areas,and diverse types".(2)Although there are different understandings of China's helium resources both domestically and internationally,by comparing potential of natural gas resources containing helium between China and the USA,it is shown that China has abundant helium resources,and the amount of resources will dynamically increase with the deepening of exploration and understanding of helium.(3)The prediction shows that China's helium production is in the initial development stage from 2023 to 2025,and in the rapid growth stage from 2026 to 2030.(4)There are four enlightenments to China's helium exploration and development,strengthening China's confidence in helium exploration and development,proposing and improving helium enrichment theories suitable for China's geological conditions,increasing research and development of helium exploration and development technologies,and supplying helium from both international and domestic channels before 2030.
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