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| TABLE 2 | ||||||||
| OWNERSHIP AND LOCATION OF HELIUM EXTRACTION PLANTS IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2015 | ||||||||
| Owner or operator | Plant name | Status | Location | Product purity | ||||
| Air Products Corporation, Inc. | Liberal | Operating | Seward County, KS | Grade-A helium.1 | ||||
| Do. | Panhandle | Standby | Hansford County, TX | Do.1 | ||||
| Do. | Doe Canyon | Operating | Dolores County, CO | Do.1 | ||||
| DCP Midstream, LLC | Ladder Creek | do. | Cheyenne Wells, CO | Near-pure helium.2 | ||||
| Do. | National | do. | Seward County, KS | Crude helium.3 | ||||
| Do. | Rock Creek | do. | Hutchinson County, TX | Do.3 | ||||
| Do. | Sher-Han | do. | Hansford County, TX | Do.3 | ||||
| Denbury Onshore, LLC | Riley Ridge | Standby | Sublette County, WY | Do.3 | ||||
| Eagle Rock Energy | Sunray | Operating | Moore County, TX | Do.3 | ||||
| ExxonMobil Gas Marketing Co. | LaBarge | do. | Sweetwater County, WY | Grade-A helium.1 | ||||
| IACX Energy | Dineh-Bi-Keyah | do. | Apache County, AZ | Near-pure helium.2 | ||||
| Do. | Harley Dome | do. | Grand County, UT | Do.2 | ||||
| Do. | Hodgeman | do. | Hodgeman County, KS | Do.2 | ||||
| Do. | IACX Otis | do. | Rush County, KS | Do.2 | ||||
| Do. | Badger Wash | do. | Mesa County, CO | Do.2 | ||||
| Do. | Paden | do. | Okfuskee County, OK | Do.2 | ||||
| Do. | Woodside Dome | Under development | Emery County, UT | Do.2 | ||||
| Linde Global Helium, Inc. | Linde Otis | Operating | Rush County, KS | Grade-A helium.1 | ||||
| Linn Energy, LLC | Jayhawk | do. | Grant Coumty, KS | Crude helium.3 | ||||
| Midstream Energy Services, LLC | Keyes | do. | Cimarron County, OK | Grade-A helium.1 | ||||
| Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | Fain | do. | Potter County, TX | Crude helium.3 | ||||
| Praxair, Inc. | Ulysses/Jayhawk | do. | Grant Coumty, KS | Grade-A helium.1 | ||||
| Do. | Bushton | Standby | Ellsworth County, KS | Do.1 | ||||
| Do., do. Ditto. | ||||||||
| 1Including liquefaction, at least 99.99% helium. | ||||||||
| 2Generally contains between 95% and 98% helium. | ||||||||
| 3Generally contains between 60% and 80% helium. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
