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North American Helium strives to be a leader by example in environmental best practices. We prioritize minimizing our environmental impact and conserving natural habitats wherever possible.

Environmental Sustainability

We believe sustainability is crucial for the well-being of communities within our operating areas and the long-term success of our business, and we continuously invest in research and development to optimize operations and embrace innovative technologies.

We strive to reduce the surface area of our drilling sites and select surface locations on disturbed land, such as cultivated land, thereby minimizing disturbance to the natural landscape.

To further protect native grasslands, we employ directional drilling techniques to limit our impact. In addition, we are proud to share that within a year of completing our wells, we return a significant portion of the area to active farmland, restoring and preserving the ecosystem for future generations.

Conservation of Natural Habitats

Our drilling operations use environmentally conscious materials and the majority of the site cleared for our drilling operations is returned to active farmland within a year after we complete a well. Further, recognizing our responsibility to the land on which we operate, NAH is active in the reclamation of previously utilized sites, restoring them to their natural state.

NAH supports local conservation groups like the Saskatchewan Prairie Conservation Action Plan (“PCAP”) and the South of the Divide Conservation Action Program (“SODCAP”).

For more information on PCAP please visit www.pcap-sk.org and for SODCAP please visit www.sodcap.com.

 

Emissions

Helium fields in Saskatchewan are found predominantly in nitrogen charged reservoirs where it makes up 93-97% of the gas produced. Nitrogen is a clean, inert carrier gas that comprises approximately 78% of the earth’s atmosphere. It’s also what makes NAH’s helium supply ~99% cleaner from a CO2e emissions perspective relative to other global sources which are largely derived from hydrocarbon-linked resources.