Helium resources of the United States, 1997
By: by B.D. Gage and D.L. Driskill
Contributors: Driskill, D. L. (David L.); United States. Bureau of Land Management
Series: Technical note -- 403; Technical note (United States. Bureau of Land Management) -- 403.
Publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
Published: 1998
Place of publication: [Denver, Colo.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 28
Subjects: Helium
Description: The identified helium resources of the United States are estimated at 589 Bcf, as of December 31, 1996. This includes 268 Bcf of demonstrated reserves, 102 Bcf of demonstrated marginal reserves, and 30 Bcf of demonstrated subeconomic resources. The identified resources also include 157 Bcf of helium in inferred reserves and inferred marginal reserves and 32 Bcf in inferred subeconomic resources. The demonstrated helium resources contained on Federal lands are approximately 165 Bcf, including 31 Bcf in underground storage in the Cliffside Gasfield near Amarillo, Texas. Current extraction of helium in the United States occurs mostly from natural gases produced from the Hugoton gas area in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, and the Riley Ridge area in southwestern Wyoming. Helium extracted from natural gas in the United States in 1996 was approximately 3.8 Bcf.
Notes: "July 1998."

"BLM/HE/ST-98/002+3700."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 21-24).