That might be, but the largest supply is in west Texas. It was a national protected resource but sometime after Korea, the supply lifted. Maybe it started with party balloons and TIG.
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tig on aluminum..what the heck am I doing wrong?
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It appears from the link that they are _selling_ the reserve, not maintaining it.
It's a very curious document though, what with
"the total amount of helium used .. 69 million square cubic meters (scm)"
[the number sounds about right, but what's a square cubic meter?]combined with "17 million scm .. (a two year supply at current demand levels)"
[I make that 89 days worth]and "sale of 850 million scm"
[flogging off over ten years a stockpile equal to twelve years supply/demand, and that somehow isn't going to affect the market price ???]However I get the idea that the writer, AGI/AIPG Geoscience and Public Policy Intern Michael R.Wagg, doesn't have much clue.