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| ---- TABLE 3 | |||||||||||
| ---- HELIUM RECOVERY IN THE UNITED STATES1 | |||||||||||
| (Thousand cubic meters) | |||||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||||||
| Crude helium: | |||||||||||
| Bureau of Land Management (BLM) sold (in-kind | |||||||||||
| and open market) | 63,500 | 58,800 | 50,300 | 30,200 | 66,000 | ||||||
| Private industry: | |||||||||||
| Private helium accepted and stored by BLM | 18,100 | 15,800 | 21,600 | 15,800 | 12,400 | ||||||
| Helium withdrawn from storage | -75,800 | -76,500 | -71,500 | -55,400 | -65,200 | ||||||
| Total net helium put into storage | -57,700 | -60,700 | -49,900 | -39,600 | -52,800 | ||||||
| Grade-A helium: | |||||||||||
| Private industry sold | 137,100 | 137,700 | 129,500 | 117,600 | 127,900 | * | |||||
| Total helium stored | -57,700 | -60,700 | -49,900 | -39,600 | -52,800 | ||||||
| Helium recovery from natural gas | 79,400 | 77,000 | 79,600 | 78,000 | 75,100 | * | |||||
| 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. | |||||||||||
| *Correction posted on January 13, 2012. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
