Scientists discover huge helium gas field in Tanzania

Q.  Scientists using a new gas exploration approach have discovered a huge helium gas field in which country?
- Published on 29 Jun 16

a. Ghana
b. Mozambique
c. Liberia
d. Tanzania

ANSWER: Tanzania
 
Scientists using a new approach to gas exploration, have discovered a huge helium gas field in Tanzania which could address shortage of vital yet rare element.
  • Helium is critical to many things taken for granted including MRI scanners in medicine, nuclear energy, welding and industrial leak detection
  • Researchers from Oxford and Durham Universities in the UK worked with Helium One, a Norwegian helium exploration company which has developed a new exploration approach
  • The first use of this method resulted in world class helium gas field in Tanzania
  • Within the Tanzanian East African Rift Valley, the volcanoes have emitted ancient deep rocks and trapped the helium in shallow gas fields

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