{"id":140799,"title":"Mendell Helium, From Production to a Potentially Significant Fort Dodge Discovery","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2026-09-20T10:45:14+00:00","modified":"2026-09-20T10:45:14+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/mendell-helium-from-production-to-a-potentially-significant-fort-dodge-discovery/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/mendell-helium-from-production-to-a-potentially-significant-fort-dodge-discovery.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/mendell-helium-from-production-to-a-potentially-significant-fort-dodge-discovery.json","category":"Energy","categories":["Energy"],"tags":["Carter 2","Dodge City","Exxon","Garden City","Haskell County","Helium","Hugoton gas field","Kansas","M3 Helium","MDH","Mendell Helium","Mendell Helium plc","methane","Mike Whitlow","natural gas liquids","Nick Tulloch","nitrogen","Paul Mandel","Paul Mendell","Scout Energy Partners","south-west Kansas","USA","VOY","Voyager Life","western Kansas","Wyatt Earp"],"featured_image":"https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/30578938-cf8a-4346-bc41-81893e5a2946.png?fit=1727%2C911&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":"Mendell Helium ([MDH](https://mendellhelium.com/): AIM) has arguably changed more than its modest market profile might suggest since March. The company completed its move to AIM on [16th June](https://www.londonstockexchange.com/stock/MDH/mendell-helium-plc), having raised [£5 million](https://www.investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/mendell-helium-plc--mdh/placing-and-subscription-to-raise-5-million/9545342) in April to accelerate development of its Kansas assets.\n\nAt admission, its subsidiary M3 Helium held interests in [twelve wells](https://www.investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/mendell-helium-plc--mdh/schedule-one-update-mendell-helium-plc/9615474), six of which were already producing, giving Mendell an operating base rather than a purely exploration led starting point.\n\nThe biggest change has come at [Rost 2](https://www.share-talk.com/mendell-helium-highlights-more-than-10-helium-at-rost-2/). After installing an electric submersible pump, the well was dewatering at around [1,100 barrels](https://www.investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/mendell-helium-plc--mdh/fort-dodge-operations-update/9769099) per day by September and had begun bringing gas bearing fluids to surface. Two preliminary gas samples returned helium concentrations of [10.7% and 10.9%](https://www.investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/mendell-helium-plc--mdh/fort-dodge-operations-update/9769099), more than double the approximately [5.1%](https://www.investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/mendell-helium-plc--mdh/rost-1-26-rost-2-26-and-brobee-operations-update-/9704868) consistently measured at Rost 1. Those readings are potentially significant, but they remain preliminary, and the key question is still whether Rost 2 can sustain meaningful gas flow once sufficient water has been removed.\n\nThe wider Fort Dodge operation is also beginning to broaden. Rost 1 resumed [production](https://www.investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/mendell-helium-plc--mdh/fort-dodge-operations-update/9769099) after tubing replacement and scheduled maintenance, while Schneweis Ventures 13A has started producing under its own pressure and feeding gas directly into a joint venture partner’s pipeline. Schneweis has so far recorded peak daily gas sales of 428 Mcf, while historic testing showed helium at 1.39%. Mendell has also acquired more than [nine square miles](https://www.investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/mendell-helium-plc--mdh/operations-update/9642987) of 3D seismic data to help select locations for further production wells.\n\nInfrastructure may ultimately be as important as the helium grades themselves. The Brobee disposal well is permitted to handle up to [10,000 barrels](https://www.investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/mendell-helium-plc--mdh/rost-1-26-rost-2-26-and-brobee-operations-update-/9704868) of water per day, giving Mendell the ability to dewater Rost 1, Rost 2 and potentially additional nearby wells without having to build an entirely new disposal system. Combined with existing pipelines, producing wells and nearby processing routes, that gives Fort Dodge a different starting point from many greenfield helium projects. The next step is now very clear, prove that the high helium concentrations at Rost 2 can be matched by sustainable commercial gas flow and that the growing group of wells can translate into steadily increasing production."}