DESERT MOUNTAIN ENERGY CORP. INITIATES HELIUM PRODUCTION
Desert Mountain Energy Corp. (DME) has commenced operations at its helium processing plant at West Pecos Field, New Mexico. The plant is now separating helium from natural gas streams. The startup phase will involve optimization and programming improvements over the next 60-90 days, with production from specific wells being increased over the next 120-180 days. The plant incorporates additional equipment to handle variations in gas mixtures and to capture and recycle helium, aiming for a final product purity of 99.9995%. The plant will gradually ramp up from an initial capacity of 960 MCFGPD. The West Pecos Field, acquired on July 1, 2023, includes 188 producing gas wells and a gas collection system. The company has carried out repairs and upgrades to infrastructure over the past year. The initiation of plant operations allows DME to boost production levels and target higher-grade helium zones. DME continues collaboration for hydrogen and helium production from its Arizona locations.
- Commencement of helium production operations at the West Pecos Field.
- Startup phase involving optimization over the next 60-90 days.
- Plant aims for 99.9995% helium purity, maximizing return on investment.
- Acquisition of West Pecos Field included 188 producing gas wells.
- Infrastructure upgrades and repairs to wells and gas collection system.
- Initial plant capacity at 960 MCFGPD to increase gradually.
- Targeting higher-grade helium zones for enhanced production.
- Natural gas offtake contract expired on May 31, 2024.
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The Company is producing from specific wells and will add flow rates to the plant during the next 120-180 days. The gaseous mixture of the individual wells varies from well to well. This includes Helium, N-Pentane, N-Butanes, Hexanes, and condensate oils, besides the normal methane and associated mixtures. The plant had additional equipment added to account for these variations and the Company wants to ensure that the sensing equipment operates in the prescribed manner with varied flow rates and mixtures. Additional equipment and storage/recycle capabilities were added to remove the possibility of needless atmospheric release of any helium. The plant system permits DME to capture, recycle and enrich the overall final grade of helium from the plant to maximize return on investment and be good stewards of these resources. The plant was initiated at approximately 960MCFGPD and will gradually increase to the maximum capacity within the current plant redesigns. The initial truckloads will contain a mix of various helium grades, and DME will receive payment accordingly. DME continues to aim to achieve a final product of
The West Pecos Field acquisition closed on July 1, 2023. The purchase included a natural gas offtake contract (which expired May 31, 2024), covering 188 producing gas wells and gas collection system. Over the last 12 months, DME repaired roads, bush hogged around well heads and accompanied surface equipment, did minor work on 15 wells, replaced lines identified as probable to fail within 5 years and pigged the collection system. The Company is currently implementing in-line compression equipment that was purchased earlier to reduce line pressure and boost production from wells with higher helium content at choke points in the gathering system. Initially designed to extract helium from a nitrogen field using solar energy, the plant required significant modifications to switch the power source to natural gas from our field.
The commencement of plant operations enables the Company to pivot towards increasing production levels. Geological assessments have pinpointed zones with higher-grade helium in wells, with an emphasis on reducing any formation water produced, which will be integrated into the existing inventory. A team has been assembled to operate the Company's workover rig, targeting wells with elevated helium levels to enhance production from current sources.
The Company continues its efforts with Beam Earth Ltd. and other related companies for the production of both hydrogen and helium from its
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Desert Mountain Energy Corp. is a publicly traded resource company primarily focused on the exploration, development and production of helium, hydrogen, natural gas and condensate. The Company is focused on helium extraction from different raw gas sources in an environmental and economic manner supplying elements deemed critical to the renewable energy and high technology industries.
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