Interest in helium sources has increased significantly both on a world-wide basis and locally within Alberta mainly due to increased use of helium in different industries and the depletion of the U.S. reserves of helium in storage in the mid-continental U.S. This information sheet provides a brief overview of AGS Digital Data 2020-0033 which contains helium concentration data from natural gas analysis results in Alberta, submitted to the Alberta Energy Regulator by industry.
Erratum (February 11, 2022): The original version of this publication had an incorrect legend, indicating values of 0.1%–5.0%. The correct values are 0.1%–0.5%. This is now corrected on this posted version.
Lyster, S., Branscombe, P., Singh, A., Rokosh, C.D. and Filewich, C. (2021): Helium concentrations from natural gas analysis tests in Alberta; Alberta Energy Regulator / Alberta Geological Survey, AER/AGS Information Series 153, 1 p.