print email comment close Bureau of Land Management: Helium URL: http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/prog/energy/helium.html Description: Collection of facts and data about helium, "the second most abundant element in the universe ... [which was] discovered on the sun before it was found on the earth. ... Helium is commercially recovered from natural gas deposits mostly from Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas." Includes details about the Federal Helium Reserve, the helium shortage and its effects on the balloon industry, helium operator statistics, trivia, and related material. From the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) LII Database Information: Record 24982 created by Jennifer English on 11/26/2007 Last modification on 11/29/2007 Published: 11/29/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24982