After finding the largest hydrogen mine on Earth, they discover a colossal place bathed in the Earth USA Gold This time the protagonist is helium, the second most abundant chemical element in the universe after hydrogen. However, its presence on the planet is sparse (only five parts per million).
In 2010, an eventual depletion of Helio’s reserves on the planet was predicted, so the discovery years after a new deposit in Tanzania It was pleasant news. The biggest problem with helium is that it is an extremely light component. Under normal conditions, it appears in the form of a gas that rises to the atmosphere and disappears into it.
However, under a certain environment, the helium is trapped in the Earth’s bark in liquid form and is stored in large deposits that can be exploited in the same way as the extraction of natural gas.
The inconvenience that these deposits are present is that they are very strange. So far the largest on the planet was indoors Yellow, Texasand contained just over 28 million cubic meters.
The United States is bathing in gold with the discovery of enormous helium reserves
The researchers found the largest helium deposit in North America at a drilling point Minnesota. As reported CBS Newsthe finding occurred at a time when USA It continued to reduce the reserves of this noble gas. It was the Canadian company Pulsar Helium Inc. The one who got this discovery.
His team achieved a total depth of 2,200 meters at the project’s drill site Topaz. According to Thomas Abraham Jamesgeneral manager of the company, the concentration of the registered helium reached 12.4%, a figure greater than the estimated and 30 times above the industrial standard for the commercial helium.
“12.4% is a dream. It is perfect, ”said the expert, records the already mentioned medium. USA It was the main helium exporter for decades, but the old state reserves have already been depleted and sold to private companies. Although this gas is known as light with the ability to fill balloons and airships, it can also take liquid form.
In its liquid format, you can act as a coolant for the superconductor magnets necessary for the operation of magnetic resonance machines and in the manufacture of semiconductors.
The world is watching the United States: it has found a colossal site being sunk onto Earth
This gas can also be used in the defense industry: from rocket engine tests to Air-Aire Missile Guidance Systems, among others. According to Abraham Jamesthe next phase of the project will be a viability analysis on the size of the well and to know if you can sustain a full service helium plant.
The company indicates that the viability study may be extended until the end of the year. For decades, USA It was positioned as the main helium exporter, but the government’s former reserves have already been depleted and sold to private capital.
From then on, so much Abraham James Because other researchers have been working hard to find other helium deposits that will improve the world’s supply. Before you reach Minnesota,, Abraham James I played his part Tanzania.
There was another important finding from Helio, but in the middle of the concentration that was in the Iron mountain range. Russia y Qatar They are other important helium exporters.
This colossal sink in the earth positions the global view USA. A context shared with France, which has just discovered a huge helium mine.