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Technical Note 427 contains analyses and related source data for 361 natural gas samples from 11 States. Of the total samples, 231 were collected during calendar years 2005 through 2007. The analyses were done using gas chromatography. None of the analyses have been published previously in other analyses reports. All samples were obtained and analyzed as part of the United States Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management investigations of the occurrences of helium in natural gases of countries with free-market economies. The results of these investigations are published periodically to make the information available to members of the helium and petroleum industries and to the general public.