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  2. Helium production in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Map showing helium-rich gas fields and helium processing plants in the United States, 2012. From USGS. Helium production in the United States totaled 73 million cubic meters in 2014. The US was the world's largest helium producer, providing 40 percent of world supply. In addition, the US federal government sold 30 million cubic meters from storage.

  3. Helium demand to double by 2035, tracking chip production ...

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    Global demand could exceed 322 million cubic meters by 2035 for the gas used widely in manufacturing due to its cooling and inert properties, said the report, released in August. The global ...

  4. The world is running out of helium. Here's why doctors are ...

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    A global helium shortage has doctors worried about one of the natural gas’s most essential, and perhaps unexpected, uses: MRIs.. Strange as it sounds, the lighter-than-air element that gives ...

  5. National Helium Reserve - Wikipedia

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    The Crude Helium Enrichment Unit in the Cliffside Gas Field. Remnants of the Amarillo Helium Plant in 2015. The National Helium Reserve, also known as the Federal Helium Reserve, is a strategic reserve of the United States, which once held over 1 billion cubic meters (about 170,000,000 kg) [a] of helium gas.

  6. Industrial gas - Wikipedia

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    The industry producing these gases is also known as industrial gas, which is seen as also encompassing the supply of equipment and technology to produce and use the gases. [1] Their production is a part of the wider chemical Industry (where industrial gases are often seen as "specialty chemicals").

  7. Nationwide helium shortage may affect weather forecasting - AOL

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    The Tallahassee office of the National Weather Service said they’ll be cutting back on their weather balloon launches due to a nationwide helium shortage. Nationwide helium shortage may affect ...

  8. Prices of chemical elements - Wikipedia

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    Helium: 0.0001785: 0.008 (2.216 × 10 14 kg) 24.0: 0.004 29: 2018: USGS MCS [14] Crude helium sold to non-government users in United States in 2018. In the same year, stockpiles of US government helium were sold on auctions for average price of US$0.00989/L. [15] 3: Li: Lithium: 0.534: 20 (5.54 × 10 17 kg) 81.4 – 85.6: 43.4 – 45.7: 2020 ...

  9. Explainer-What is helium and why is it used in rockets? - AOL

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    Helium is inert - it does not react with other substances or combust - and its atomic number is 2, making it the second lightest element after hydrogen. Rockets need to achieve specific speeds and ...