Mendell Helium, the helium production company with operations in Kansas, is pleased to provide an update on the Company’s operations in Fort Dodge, Kansas.
Rost 2-26
Completion operations at the Rost 2-26 (“Rost Twin”) well are underway, with a rig on-site to perforate the targeted helium production zones. Once this phase of the project has been concluded, an electric submersible pump will then be installed in the wellbore for de-watering.
During drilling of the Rost Twin, the Company employed a mass spectrometer which identified several shows of helium in different potential production zones within the well. This data has been analysed and is being used in the completion operations to identify both the location and length of the perforations.
Brobee
Simultaneously with the operations at Rost Twin, Mendell Helium is also upgrading the nearby Brobee salt water disposal well (“Brobee”) to access the deeper Arbuckle formation. Operations have commenced and involve removing plugs from the well to increase the disposal depth. The Company has received a permit for Brobee that doubles its water disposal capacity to 10,000 barrels per day, making it sufficient for both Rost wells. During the upgrade works at Brobee, water pumping from the Rost 1-26 well has been temporarily suspended.
Recompletion of Schneweis Ventures 13A
Work has also commenced drilling a new disposal well to support the recompletion of the Schneweis Ventures 13A well (“Schneweis”), in which Mendell Helium is partnering with Ritchie Exploration, Inc. (“Ritchie”). Similar to the Rost wells, Schneweis will also be de-watered ahead of returning to production.
Schneweis has previously produced consistently over 300 Mcf/day and recorded a drill stem test in excess of 10,000 Mcf/day. With a sustained de-watering programme, the directors believe there is potential to increase production from historic levels.
Helium composition has been measured at 1.39% but, unlike the Rost wells, there is a higher methane content of 70.06%. Significantly, Schneweis is connected to a pipeline owned by Ritchie and it is envisaged that all produced gas from the well will be delivered to that pipeline with no requirement for prior treatment. Accordingly, the economics of the well will include the sale of hydrocarbons as well as helium.
Nick Tulloch, Chief Executive Officer of Mendell Helium, said: “This month marks a significant increase in activity by Mendell Helium. For the first time in our history, we have three rigs operating at three locations. The purpose of the recently completed fundraising was to give us the ability to accelerate our growth and we have wasted no time in putting this into effect. Alongside these operations, our subsurface team is examining the locations for our next phase of production wells and we expect the new faster pace of our operations to continue during 2026.”
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