Growing squeeze on helium supplies

 

The National Helium Reserve located near Amarillo, Texas along with the natural gas fields in the Oklahoma Panhandle and near Hugoton, Kansas could become critical in a growing squeeze on the supply of helium.

 

The squeeze brings in the country’s big tech companies that rely heavily on helium. It could come to a head by this fall when the helium supply is expected to fall.

Here’s why. Helium is considered critically important in keeping electronics from overheating and for creating computer chips according to OilPrice. com.

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