Blue Star Helium Ltd (ASX:BNL, OTC:BSNLF) has received further encouraging results from its helium well drilling program in Las Animas County of Colorado with the Sammons 315310C well encountering strong gas rates in initial flow testing.
Well operator Vecta Oil & Gas Ltd advised the partners that the lower Lyons sand was penetrated at 1,308 feet and that 15 feet of the sand was drilled. The drilled section was completely gas filled with no water encountered during drilling.
The well is being drilled by Blue Star’s joint venture partner and AMI operator, Vecta, on the Serenity prospect.
It is one of four approved helium wells in the AMI agreed between Blue Star (50%, non-operated interest), Prospero Oil and Gas LLC (25%, non-operated interest) and Vecta (25% operating interest).
Initial flow testing
Initial flow testing was conducted with gas rates of around 115 mcfd through a ¾-inch orifice, no water was encountered during testing.
Based on offset wells, there is about 40 feet of high-quality lower Lyons sand in addition to the 15 feet penetrated. The well’s current total depth is 1,323 feet.
What’s next
The forward plan at Sammons is to conduct a three-day flow test followed by a two-day shut in and pressure survey. During testing gas samples will be collected for compositional analysis.
Early next week in the US, the rig will move to a new exploration location on the Galactica/Pegasus prospect.
The new well, JXSN#4, will be about 1.7 miles to the northwest of the JXSN#1 discovery well. It is a step out well designed to test the extent of the gas discovered at JXSN#1.
Vecta has advised the AMI partners that further activity at Sammons 315210C will be undertaken with a workover rig.