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| TABLE 2 | |||||
| OWNERSHIP AND LOCATION OF HELIUM EXTRACTION PLANTS IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2006 | |||||
| Owner or operator | Location | Product purity | |||
| Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | Hansford County, TX | Grade-A helium.1 | |||
| Do. | Liberal, KS | Do. | |||
| BOC Global Helium, Inc. | Otis, KS | Do. | |||
| BP America Production Company | Sunray, TX | Crude helium. | |||
| Do. | Ulysses, KS | Do. | |||
| DCP Midstream | Cheyenne Wells, CO | Crude and Grade-A helium.1 | |||
| Do. | Hansford County, TX | Crude helium. | |||
| Do. | Liberal, KS | Do. | |||
| Do. | Borger, TX | Do. | |||
| EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. | Moab, UT | Crude and Grade-A helium.1 | |||
| Exxon Mobil Corp. | Shute Creek, WY | Do. | |||
| K-L Energy Partners, LLC2 | Lakin, KS | Crude helium. | |||
| Midstream Energy Services, LLC3 | Keyes, OK | Crude and Grade-A helium.1 | |||
| ONEOK, Field Services2 | Bushton, KS | Crude helium. | |||
| Do.4 | Scott City, KS | Do. | |||
| Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | Fain, TX | Do. | |||
| Do. | Satanta, KS | Do. | |||
| Praxair, Inc. | Bushton, KS | Grade-A helium.1 | |||
| Do. | Ulysses, KS | Do. | |||
| SemKan, L.P.5 | Dodge City, KS | Crude helium. | |||
| Shiprock Helium6 | Shiprock, NM | Grade-A helium. | |||
| 1Including liquefaction. | |||||
| 2Plant did not produce helium during 2006. | |||||
| 3Midstream Energy Services, LLC purchased plant from Nathaniel Energy in March 2006. | |||||
| 4Output is piped to Ulysses, KS, for purification. | |||||
| 5Plant back online in late 2005. | |||||
| 6Shiprock Helium purchased plant from Newpoint Gas Services, Inc. during 2005.� Plant back online January 2006. | |||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program