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Helium Discovery A 'game-changer' by Nobody: 12:05pm On Jun 28, 2016
Scientists say they have found a large helium gas field in Tanzania.
With world supplies running out, the discovery is a "game-changer", say geologists at Durham and Oxford universities.
Helium is used in hospitals in MRI scanners as well as in spacecrafts and radiation monitors.
Until now, the precious gas has been discovered only in small quantities during oil and gas drilling.
Using a new exploration approach, researchers found large quantities of helium within the Tanzanian East African Rift Valley.
They say resources in just one part of the Rift valley are enough to fill more than a million medical MRI scanners.
Professor Chris Ballentine, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, said: "This is a game changer for the future security of society's helium needs and similar finds in the future may not be far away."
And colleague Dr Pete Barry added: 'We can apply this same strategy to other parts of the world with a similar geological history to find new helium resources. "
Volcanic clue
Volcanic activity in the Rift releases helium buried in ancient rock, which then becomes trapped in shallower gas fields.
The amount of helium found is estimated at more than 54 billion cubic feet - twice that of the world's largest supplier in the US.
Helium is made either by the nuclear fusion process of the sun, or by the slow and steady radioactive decay of terrestrial rock, which accounts for all stores of the gas on Earth.

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Re: Helium Discovery A 'game-changer' by Objonnas: 12:11pm On Jun 28, 2016
Very interesting insight

Nice one.
Re: Helium Discovery A 'game-changer' by khalhokage(m): 3:08pm On Jun 28, 2016
Hopefully Tanzania isn't going to get r@ped for this resource like most other African countries, Nigeria included.
Re: Helium Discovery A 'game-changer' by bqlekan(m): 5:24am On Jun 29, 2016
Tanzania should prepare for civil war... That is how they will get raped for this gas

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