Having helium as a resource in Saskatchewan provides another employment opportunity for those who would usually work in oil and gas, because the two are functionally identical. That, from the President and CEO of Royal Helium, a company which made a major discovery of the inert gas near Climax this year. Andrew Davidson says just about every service provider and every contractor Royal Helium uses is from the oil and gas industry, and the equipment is the same, including the drilling rigs.