| Cliffside Gas Field | |
| Location Map: | Texas#USA |
| Relief: | Yes |
| Coordinates: | 35.3525°N -101.9919°W |
| Location: | Potter County, Texas |
| Offonshore: | Onshore |
| Discovery: | 1910 |
| Start Development: | May 1925 |
| Start Production: | April 1929 |
| Formations: | [1] |
Cliffside Gas Field is located in the Texas Panhandle bearing 9miles west of Texas Highway 87 and 15miles northwest of Amarillo, Texas. The Great Plains Panhandle area is located in Potter County, Texas within the vicinity of the unincorporated community Cliffside, Texas.
The Potter County oil and gas reservoir was permitted for fossil fuel exploration in May 1925. The Panhandle basin was nationally recognized as a helium reserve with an estimated 100e9cuft of discovered natural gas at the Cliffside field.[2]
See also: Solar eclipse of August 18, 1868. In April 1929, the United States government purchased 50000acres for a helium extraction plant located in west Amarillo within the unincorporated community of Soncy, Texas.[2] [3] [4]
By August 1929, the Texas Panhandle helium plant received notable commendations from national news sources regarding the plants estimated helium gas production yields.[5]
The Amarillo plant operated from 1929 to 1943 producing helium meeting the global demand for the monatomic gas. In 1968, the helium industry celebrated a centennial claiming Potter County, Texas as the "Helium Capital of the World."[6] [7]
The Petrolia Oil Field was located 18miles northeast of Wichita Falls, Texas. The oil and gas reservoir was the primary helium source for the United States during the 1910s and at the commencement of World War I. By 1921, the North Texas natural gas field was estimated as near gas depletion exceeding the Petrolia helium reserves-to-production ratio yields.[2]
| National Helium Reserve | ||
| Natural-gas processing | ||
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