{"name":"U.S. Helium Content by Field and Province","publisher":"Buckhead Energy","url":"https://www.buckheadenergy.com/helium-content-by-field","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","dataAsOf":"2026-06-28","source":"Compiled from public regulatory and industry records (USGS, state geological surveys, operator disclosures).","count":16,"fields":[{"field":"Hugoton Gas Field","region":"Hugoton–Panhandle","states":["KS","OK","TX"],"counties":"Stevens, Grant, Haskell, Seward, Morton, Finney, Kearny (KS)","heliumPct":"0.3–1.8%","heliumMax":1.8,"gasType":"byproduct","status":"Producing","notes":"Largest U.S. byproduct helium source; historically ~80% of U.S. crude helium."},{"field":"Panoma Field","region":"Hugoton–Panhandle","states":["KS"],"counties":"Southwest Kansas (overlies Hugoton)","heliumPct":"~0.3–1%","heliumMax":1,"gasType":"byproduct","status":"Producing","notes":"Shallower Council Grove zone adjacent to the Hugoton."},{"field":"Texas Panhandle Field","region":"Hugoton–Panhandle","states":["TX"],"counties":"Potter, Moore, Hartley, Hutchinson, Carson, Gray","heliumPct":"0.1–1.3%","heliumMax":1.3,"gasType":"byproduct","status":"Producing","notes":"Richest on the SW updip edge (~1.3%+); ~0.1% on the NE edge."},{"field":"Cliffside Field (Bush Dome)","region":"Hugoton–Panhandle","states":["TX"],"counties":"Potter","heliumPct":"storage reservoir","heliumMax":null,"gasType":"byproduct","status":"Storage / former reserve","notes":"Bush Dome held the U.S. Federal Helium Reserve; remaining reserve sold to Messer Group (2024)."},{"field":"Keyes Field","region":"Hugoton–Panhandle","states":["OK"],"counties":"Cimarron","heliumPct":"commercial","heliumMax":null,"gasType":"byproduct","status":"Producing","notes":"Oklahoma Panhandle extension of the helium-rich trend."},{"field":"Petrolia Oilfield","region":"Hugoton–Panhandle","states":["TX"],"counties":"Clay","heliumPct":"historic","heliumMax":null,"gasType":"byproduct","status":"Depleted (historic)","notes":"First helium produced in Texas, from WWI-era natural gas."},{"field":"LaBarge / Riley Ridge (Shute Creek)","region":"Greater Green River","states":["WY"],"counties":"Sublette, Lincoln","heliumPct":"helium in ~65% CO2 gas","heliumMax":null,"gasType":"byproduct","status":"Producing","notes":"ExxonMobil Shute Creek plant; ~20% of world helium supply."},{"field":"Paradox Basin (Lisbon, Doe Canyon, Harley Dome)","region":"Four Corners / Paradox","states":["CO","UT"],"counties":"Montezuma, Dolores, San Juan (CO); Grand, San Juan (UT)","heliumPct":"up to ~7% (Harley Dome)","heliumMax":7,"gasType":"byproduct","status":"Producing","notes":"Legacy Four Corners helium; Harley Dome (Grand Co., UT) historically ran up to ~7% helium."},{"field":"San Juan Basin","region":"San Juan","states":["NM"],"counties":"NW New Mexico","heliumPct":"0.3–0.5%","heliumMax":0.5,"gasType":"byproduct","status":"Producing","notes":"New Mexico led the U.S. with three new helium operations in 2025."},{"field":"Greater Natural Buttes (Uinta Basin)","region":"Uinta","states":["UT"],"counties":"Uintah","heliumPct":"commercial","heliumMax":null,"gasType":"byproduct","status":"Producing","notes":"Utah's primary established helium-bearing gas."},{"field":"Holbrook Basin (Pinta Dome, Navajo Springs)","region":"Holbrook","states":["AZ"],"counties":"Apache, Navajo","heliumPct":"up to ~8–10% (Pinta Dome, historic)","heliumMax":10,"gasType":"non-hydrocarbon","status":"Producing / prospecting","notes":"Pinta Dome & Navajo Springs were among the richest U.S. helium fields (nitrogen-helium gas, ~8%+ He); renewed prospecting."},{"field":"Piceance Basin","region":"Piceance","states":["CO"],"counties":"Western Colorado","heliumPct":"commercial","heliumMax":null,"gasType":"byproduct","status":"Producing","notes":"Gas with enough helium to support commercial extraction."},{"field":"Topaz Project (Pulsar Helium)","region":"Minnesota (Iron Range)","states":["MN"],"counties":"Near the Iron Range","heliumPct":"8–14.5%","heliumMax":14.5,"gasType":"non-hydrocarbon","status":"Appraisal / development","notes":"World-class grades in Precambrian basement gas; rare helium-3 discovery; flow tests ~8.1% and 5.6%."},{"field":"Sweetgrass Arch / Kevin Dome","region":"Montana (Sweetgrass)","states":["MT"],"counties":"Toole, Hill, Liberty","heliumPct":"commercial","heliumMax":null,"gasType":"non-hydrocarbon","status":"Producing / developing","notes":"Helix Exploration (Rudyard — believed Montana's first helium production); Avanti Helium (Sweetgrass)."},{"field":"Sagebrush Project (Quantum Helium)","region":"Four Corners / Paradox","states":["CO"],"counties":"Paradox Basin (BIA-administered minerals)","heliumPct":"~2.76%","heliumMax":2.76,"gasType":"non-hydrocarbon","status":"Appraisal","notes":"Historic well flowed gas with ~2.76% helium; sits on tribal (BIA) minerals."},{"field":"Galactica / Pegasus (Blue Star Helium)","region":"Las Animas","states":["CO"],"counties":"Las Animas","heliumPct":"commercial","heliumMax":null,"gasType":"non-hydrocarbon","status":"Developing","notes":"Eastern Colorado helium development."}]}