[Erik Latranyi]

Yeah, I just got this Rigzone story. Very fascinating.

I wonder if my Marcellus Shale or Utica Shale natural gas holds enough helium to make extraction viable?

Time will tell.

[PENANCE]

I was just wondering the same thing.

The tenor of the article, though, seems to be "peak oil"-type crisis creation. There's no "Peak" anything (at least, no "peak" that should cause worry). "Peak" anything is a ludditic, anti-capitalist, sky-is-falling, scare tactic. It works pretty well when people are told that one day in the next ten years they'll go to the gas station and there suddenly, precipitously, and calamitously will be no more gas to fill their tanks. But, I'm having trouble visualizing many people getting all worked-up over "Peak Helium".

[meatloaf]

Depends on the capstone. In the Appalachians with a lot of sedimentary rock, I suspect any helium is long gone.

I wonder how much helium China imports from us? Since they screwed with rare earth exports, can we do the same with helium.