For Sale: Federal Helium System and 800 Million Cubic Ft of Crude Helium
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broncobowsher
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I wonder what defines "crude Helium"?
It's only about 70% He
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same as crude oil
in the helium universe the balance is mostly methane
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Most natural gas has helium in it. 0.7% would be modest but not lucrative. I think max helium fractions in raw natural gas are up to perhaps 5%.
It's not cheap to distill even starting at 70% which is not a marketable product yet. It needs to be chilled to about -300F which freezes off the nitrogen and methane into solids. The helium remains as liquid and is decanted off.
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