Cliffside Gas Field (Texas)
In April 1929, the United States government purchased for a helium extraction plant located in west Amarillo within the unincorporated community of Soncy, Texas. By August 1929, the Texas Panhandle helium plant received notable commendations from national news sources regarding the plants estimated helium gas production yields. 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." The Petrolia Oil Field was located 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.
First Helium Reservoir in North Texas
The Panhandle basin was nationally recognized as a helium reserve with an estimated of discovered natural gas at the Cliffside field.