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| ���� TABLE 3 | ||||||||||||
| ���� HELIUM RECOVERY IN THE UNITED STATES1 | ||||||||||||
| (Thousand cubic meters) | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||||
| Crude helium: | ||||||||||||
| Bureau of Land Management (BLM) sold (in-kind | ||||||||||||
| and open market) | 51,800 | 29,300 | 41,400 | 63,500 | 58,800 | |||||||
| Private industry: | ||||||||||||
| Private helium accepted and stored by BLM | 19,400 | 19,100 | 17,000 | 18,100 | 15,800 | |||||||
| Helium withdrawn from storage | -54,500 | -63,100 | -74,100 | -75,800 | -76,500 | |||||||
| Total net helium put into storage | -35,100 | -44,000 | -57,100 | -57,700 | -60,700 | |||||||
| Grade-A helium: | ||||||||||||
| Private industry sold | 122,000 | 130,000 | 133,000 | 137,100 | 137,700 | |||||||
| Total helium stored | -35,100 | -44,000 | -57,100 | -57,700 | -60,700 | |||||||
| Helium recovery from natural gas | 86,900 | 86,000 | 75,900 | 79,400 | 77,000 | |||||||
| 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