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Mohammad Eslami announced the inauguration and operational launch of the project in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a very joyous day, and I thank Almighty God for the valuable efforts of our colleagues and the support team who played a role in the series of activities of the organization, during which we were able to unveil the pilot project to extract and purify helium from natural gas for the first time,\u201d\u00a0Eslami said, according to PressTV.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday, we witnessed the opening and commissioning of the pilot project to extract and purify helium from natural gas. After the completion of the project and the establishment of the first factory to churn out this product, Iran will join the list of countries that produce purified helium from natural gas,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Pointing\u00a0to the\u00a0AEOI’s\u00a0roadmap prepared\u00a0in coordination with the Oil Ministry, Eslami said, “We will work to build a plant with the specified design capacity.”<\/p>\n
Iran’s nuclear chief underlined, “In complementary steps, we can turn to the export of this product and make larger investments. In this way, the country can benefit from the income share and the domestic and export market within the framework of the knowledge-based economy.”<\/p>\n
Eslami stressed\u00a0that the technical know-how of the\u00a0project was developed in collaboration with an Iranian university, with all necessary components and equipment manufactured by the AEOI and supplied through the country\u2019s domestic engineering network.<\/p>\n
He also said the amount of extracted and purified helium\u00a0will meet Iran\u2019s annual demand, obviating\u00a0the need for\u00a0imports, with the Islamic Republic\u00a0also planning for exports in the future.<\/p>\n
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