Reliance’s U.S. unit buys $12 million stake in helium explorer Wavetech Helium

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Reliance Industries’ U.S. unit has purchased a 21% stake in U.S.-based helium manufacturing firm Wavetech Helium for $12 million, the conglomerate mentioned on Thursday (November 28, 2024), in a transfer aimed toward increasing its low-carbon vitality phase.

The billionaire Mukesh Ambani-run group, which operates the world’s largest oil refining advanced at Jamnagar within the western Indian state of Gujarat, introduced in 2021 investments price $10 billion to develop its inexperienced vitality portfolio and obtain its 2035 internet zero carbon purpose.

Helium gasoline, a by-product of mining pure gasoline, is utilized in a number of inexperienced applied sciences, in addition to in medical purposes, scientific analysis, aerospace and aeronautics, electronics, fibre optics, amongst others.