StockBoxMedia spoke to Nick Tulloch, CEO of Mendell Helium, who shared a major milestone: the Brobee disposal well surpassed expectations. ✔️ 4,500 bpd capacity ✔️ De-risked water management ✔️ Rost is now on the fast track to helium production in June.
The Brobee SWD was successfully tested as being able to accommodate over 4,500 barrels of water per day at 640 psi. This is anticipated to be in excess of the capacity required for forthcoming production plans at Rost as well as, in the future, potentially accommodating water production from offset wells to Rost. M3 Helium will now formally apply to the State of Kansas for a permit to dispose of water through Brobee SWD.
Work on the wider Rost recompletion project continues to proceed as planned. An Electric Submersible Pump (ESP) has been ordered from Summit, a division of Halliburton, and delivery is expected this week. Injection tubing for the Brobee SWD is already on site and, with pressure testing now complete, the rig has now moved back to Rost to replace the production tubing in that well.
Nick Tulloch, Chief Executive Officer of Mendell Helium and Chairman of M3 Helium, said: “Operations to bring the Rost well into production are proceeding to plan. The amount of water disposal achieved at the upper zones of the Brobee SWD exceeded our expectations and, as a result, it will no longer be necessary to test the lower zones representing a considerable saving in time and money. The team on site are doing an excellent job and, with the arrival of the ESP at Rost expected this week, we remain on track and ready to begin the next phase of works.”
