# Helium One commences drilling at the Rukwa project

- Link: https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/helium-one-commences-drilling-at-the-rukwa-project/4121002524
- Published: 2021-06-14T07:17:00+01:00
- Author: Amilia Stone

**Helium One Global Ltd **([LON:HE1](https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/company/helium-one-global/he1.l))
has announced the commencement of its exploration drilling programme at the Rukwa
Project (100%) in Tanzania.

**Highlights**:

· Drilling has commenced at Tai; a ‘must drill’ three-way dip closure, upgraded 
by the Company’s recent 2D infill seismic

· Three well exploration programme targeting shallow trap structures to a maximum
depth of 1200m

· Exploration drilling includes:

o  Micro gas chromatograph and mini mass spectrometer used to identify elevated 
levels of helium in mud and reportable as a helium show

o  Wireline logs to identify reservoir and seal units and to confirm pay zones in
success case

o  Drill Stem Testing unit to attempt to flow helium gas samples to surface

· Each well will take circa one month to complete

> **David Minchin, Chief Executive Officer, commented:**
> “We are very excited to have commenced exploration drilling, continuing the advancement
> of the world-class Rukwa project.  The exploration programme is the culmination
> of five years of dedicated work with three holes testing three different styles
> of trap.  Each well will take roughly one month to complete with lessons learnt
> from the first well applied to refine and de-risk drilling of subsequent wells.
> “Establishing a drill programme in the midst of a global pandemic is not without
> challenges and we are thankful to all Mitchell Drilling and Helium One team for
> their hard work in bringing this project to fruition.
>  “We look forward to announcing results of our first well at what is a potentially
> transformative time for the Company.”

**Drilling**

Helium One commenced exploration drilling at its flagship Rukwa Project in Tanzania
at 4pm local time on Saturday 12^(th) June.  Rukwa is a globally unique, large-scale,
high-grade, primary helium project in Tanzania with the potential to become a strategic
asset in resolving a supply-constrained market.  SRK Consulting have reported a ‘
Best Estimate’ Un-risked prospective recoverable helium resource of 138 Bcf (2U/
P50), the largest listed primary helium deposit in the world, with helium measured
in surface seeps at up to 10.6% He.

Drilling has commenced at the Tai prospect, a faulted three-way dip closure concurrent
with a gravity high which was upgraded from ‘low priority’ to ‘must drill’ by the
recent 200 line kilometre infill 2D seismic campaign.  The prospect has been chosen
as our first well because of the presence of stacked targets within a well-defined
structural closure.  By focussing on stacked closures in our first exploration well,
Helium One hopes to identify multiple zones with the highest quality seal potential
to assist in the planning of subsequent wells.

Helium One’s maiden drilling campaign is the culmination of many years of study,
growing from early work conducted with the University of Oxford Noble Gas Group 
to encompass data sets from Airborne Gravity Gradiometry, Macro-Seep sampling and
analyses, soil gas surveys, satellite mapping and recent additional infill 2D seismic.
The Company plans a three well programme targeting shallow structures in close proximity
to the Itumbula Helium Seeps.  Each well is planned to test a different trapping
style, therefore providing information essential in de-risking our portfolio of 
prospects across the basin.

Drilling of the first well is expected to take approximately one month to complete
and will produce valuable information about the subsurface.  Helium detection will
be constantly monitored during drilling to identify helium gas shows from mud logging.
On completion, wireline logs will be run to measure formation properties downhole,
as well as identifying any pay zones in the success case. Any discovery will be 
tested with a drill stem test to attempt to flow a sample of gas to surface for 
grade analysis.

For further information please visit the Company’s website: www.helium-one.com  

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