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Anomalous accumulations of helium have been identified in association with petroleum deposits both in the reservoir itself and at the surface. Historically, there have been intermittent periods when helium has been used as a prospecting tool for petroleum. This technique has been useful in finding fault and fracture systems associated with a trap.
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Tedesco, S.A. (1995). Helium Methods. In: Surface Geochemistry in Petroleum Exploration. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2660-5_10
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