RE: Are we up24 Apr 2024 05:36
Here’s some of the key abstracts from the link;
The Rukwa Basin prospective recoverable P50 resources of helium have been independently estimated to be about 138 BSCF (billion standard cubic ft: 2.78 × 109 m3 at STP). If this volume is confirmed it would represent about 25% of the current global helium reserve. Two exploration wells, Tai 1 and Tai 2, completed by August 2021 have proved the presence of seal and reservoir horizons with the reservoirs containing significant helium shows.
This article is part of the Energy Geoscience Series available at https://www.lyellcollection.org/cc/energy-geoscience-series
Sections of the Tanzanian East African Rift contain most, if not all, of the prerequisites for an economic helium province. Noble gas data from gas seeps in the west and east branches of the Tanzanian section of the East African Rift System contain 4He concentrations of up to 10.5%. This, combined with the potential 4He generated by the Tanzanian Craton and surrounding mobile belts of c. 7.0 × 105 BCF (2 × 1013 m34He (STP)), implies that even with inefficient release, migration and trapping, these regions could provide high-helium concentration reservoirs. In the region of the Rukwa Basin independent prospective resource estimates undertaken on behalf of the operator and their financial backers suggest that there is a P50 (best estimate) of 138 BCF 4He (2.78 × 109 m34He (STP)) potentially trapped within existing trapping structures (Helium One Global 2020), which, if recoverable, would alone supply the current world consumption for 14 years.
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