Arizona

The Arizona history of helium discovery begins with, the Kipling Petroleum Macie 1-72 well drilled in 1950,  aspects of early production (1961-1974) at the Pinta Dome and Navajo Springs helium fields, and describe how we used legacy production and drilling records combined with an understanding of governmental actions to cause renewed investment in drilling and production (2013-present.

Helium in Arizona is found in the stratigraphy of the Triassic Shinarump Formation as it relates to permitting and drilling strategies, reservoir heterogeneity, and the effects of sandstone diagenesis that can lead to the use of acid-matrix stimulation to enhance permeability.

The future may well be in the relationship of the Hopi Buttes volcanic field to helium production.