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Denver-based Cimarex Energy Co. has started building a plant in western Wyoming that’s expected to substantially increase U.S. helium production.
Helium isn’t just used to inflate birthday balloons and giant cartoon characters in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The lighter-than-air gas also is important for magnetic resonance imaging, manufacturing computer chips and launching rockets.
Groundwork for the Cimarex plant began outside Big Piney last year, and assembly of the plant began on the site in May.
