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���� HELIUM RECOVERY IN THE UNITED STATES1
(Thousand cubic meters)
    2002   2003   2004   2005   2006
Crude helium:
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) sold (in-kind and open market) -- 51,800 29,300 41,400 63,500
Private industry:                  
Private helium accepted and stored by BLM1 16,600 19,400 19,100 17,000 18,100
Helium withdrawn from storage -56,300   -54,500   -63,100   -74,100   -75,800
Total net helium put into storage -39,700 -35,100 -44,000 -57,100 -57,700
Grade-A helium:                  
Private industry sold 127,100 122,000 130,000 133,000 137,100
Total helium stored -39,700 -35,100 -44,000 -57,100 -57,700
Helium recovery from natural gas 87,400   86,900   86,000   75,900   79,400
-- Zero.
1Negative numbers denote a net withdrawal from BLM's underground storage facility, a partially depleted natural gas reservoir at the Cliffside field near
Amarillo, TX.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program


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