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| TABLE 3 | ||||||||||
| HELIUM RECOVERY IN THE UNITED STATES1 | ||||||||||
| (Million cubic meters) | ||||||||||
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ||||||
| Crude helium: | ||||||||||
| Bureau of Land Management (BLM) sold (in-kind | ||||||||||
| and open market) | 62.8 | 60.6 | 61.8 | 53.2 | 28.5 | |||||
| Private industry: | ||||||||||
| Private helium accepted and stored by BLM | 11.4 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 10.6 | 10.3 | |||||
| Helium withdrawn from storage | -70.8 | -70.3 | -60.8 | -37.7 | -29.9 | |||||
| Total net helium put into storage | -59.4 | -60.1 | -49.1 | -27.1 | -19.6 | |||||
| Grade-A helium: | ||||||||||
| Private industry sold | 130.1 | 132.9 | 118.0 | 102.3 | 91.4 | |||||
| Total helium stored | -59.4 | -60.1 | -49.1 | -27.1 | -19.6 | |||||
| Helium recovery from natural gas | 70.7 | 72.8 | 68.9 | 75.2 | 71.8 | |||||
| 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
See also: Mineral commodity prices
