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Hugoton Natural Gas Area is a combination of large natural gas fields
Natural gas field

Petroleum and natural gas are produced by the same geological process: Anaerobic digestion decay of organic matter deep under the Earth's surface. As a consequence, oil and natural gas are often found together....
 in the U.S. State
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 of Kansas
Kansas

The State of Kansas is a Midwestern U.S. state in the Central United States of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the United States "Heartland"....
, the largest of which is the Hugoton Field. Its name is derived from the town of Hugoton, Kansas
Hugoton, Kansas

Hugoton is a city in and the county seat of Stevens County, Kansas, Kansas, United States. The population was 3,708 at the 2000 United States Census....
, near which the Hugoton Field was first discovered. It is believed to be the largest natural gas field in North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
.

History
Natural gas in the Hugoton area was first discovered in 1922 in Seward County
Seward County, Kansas

Seward County is a U.S. county of the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2000 its population was 22,510. The largest city and county seat is Liberal, Kansas....
, three miles west of Liberal
Liberal, Kansas

Liberal is a city in Seward County, Kansas, Kansas, United States. The population was 19,666 at the United States Census 2000. It is the county seat of Seward County, Kansas....
. Because this well did not produce oil
Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid found in rock formations in the Earth consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights, plus other organic compounds....
, it was considered to have little value and remained unused for several years.






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Hugoton Natural Gas Area is a combination of large natural gas fields
Natural gas field

Petroleum and natural gas are produced by the same geological process: Anaerobic digestion decay of organic matter deep under the Earth's surface. As a consequence, oil and natural gas are often found together....
 in the U.S. State
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 of Kansas
Kansas

The State of Kansas is a Midwestern U.S. state in the Central United States of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the United States "Heartland"....
, the largest of which is the Hugoton Field. Its name is derived from the town of Hugoton, Kansas
Hugoton, Kansas

Hugoton is a city in and the county seat of Stevens County, Kansas, Kansas, United States. The population was 3,708 at the 2000 United States Census....
, near which the Hugoton Field was first discovered. It is believed to be the largest natural gas field in North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
.

History


Natural gas in the Hugoton area was first discovered in 1922 in Seward County
Seward County, Kansas

Seward County is a U.S. county of the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2000 its population was 22,510. The largest city and county seat is Liberal, Kansas....
, three miles west of Liberal
Liberal, Kansas

Liberal is a city in Seward County, Kansas, Kansas, United States. The population was 19,666 at the United States Census 2000. It is the county seat of Seward County, Kansas....
. Because this well did not produce oil
Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid found in rock formations in the Earth consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights, plus other organic compounds....
, it was considered to have little value and remained unused for several years. In 1927, gas was discovered at the Independent Oil and Gas Company's Crawford No. 1, about 2,600 feet (790 meters) below the surface southwest of Hugoton, Kansas
Hugoton, Kansas

Hugoton is a city in and the county seat of Stevens County, Kansas, Kansas, United States. The population was 3,708 at the 2000 United States Census....
, in Stevens County
Stevens County, Kansas

Stevens County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. The population was 5,463 at the United States Census, 2000. Its county seat is Hugoton, Kansas....
. This is now considered the center of the Hugoton Natural Gas Area. By the end of 1928, five wells had been drilled in the field and the first pipeline was transporting gas to local markets. In 1929, Argus Pipe Line Company started construction of a pipeline to furnish gas to Dodge City, Kansas
Dodge City, Kansas

Dodge City is a city and county seat of Ford County, Kansas, Kansas, United States. It was named after Colonel Richard Irving Dodge. The population was 25,176 at the United States Census 2000....
. Construction of major pipelines in the 1930's encouraged further drilling in the area. Today, approximately 11,000 wells produce gas and oil in the Kansas portion of the Hugoton area, and thousands of miles of pipeline carry Hugoton gas to many parts of the U.S. Approximately 7,800 wells produce gas from the Chase Group in the Hugoton Field.

In 2007, the Hugoton gas area produced 358 billion cubic feet of gas, making it the 5th largest source of natural gas in the United States.

Helium

The natural gas in the Hugoton field of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas contains unusually high concentrations of helium, from 0.3% to 1.9%. Because of the large size of the field, it contains the largest reserves of helium
Helium

Helium is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic, inert monatomic chemical element that heads the noble gas group in the periodic table and whose atomic number is 2....
 in the United States. Helium is separated out as a byproduct from natural gas from the Hugoton field, as well as the Panhandle field in Texas, the Greenwood field in Kansas, and the Keyes field in Oklahoma. Much of the recovered helium is piped to the National Helium Reserve
National Helium Reserve

The National Helium Reserve, also known as the Federal Helium Reserve, is a strategic reserve of the United States holding over a billion cubic feet of helium gas....
 in Amarillo, Texas
Amarillo, Texas

Amarillo is the 14th-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas, the largest in the Texas Panhandle, and the county seat of Potter County, Texas. A portion of the city extends into Randall County, Texas....
, where it is stored underground in geologic formations for future use.

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