BABBITT- The firm exploring the helium discovery southeast of Babbitt continues to report promising results from its testing. This week, the company announced a new seismic result hinting at more gas even deeper than the helium zone they tapped into earlier this year. Pulsar Helium announced on Tuesday that its latest seismic survey identified a “seismic reflector at the same depth as gas intersection in the Jetstream No. 1 appraisal well.”
Seismic surveys work by bouncing acoustic waves off “reflectors” underground. The reflected waves are then recorded on geophones at the surface. Physically, reflectors are surfaces between zones of different density — like solid rock and a gas-filled pocket.
The seismic survey used a short, north-south line of geophones just over two-thirds of a mile long. Instead of using explosives, Pulsar utilized heavy trucks that vibrate to send acoustic energy into the ground. The seismic data was collected just before the firm collected its gas flow data in May.
Pulsar plans to conduct a longer, east-west seismic survey later this month. The drilling and geophysical results to date have encouraged the firm to expand its exploration plans.
“We are delighted to receive this 2D seismic data, which demonstrates that the helium-bearing zone encountered in the Jetstream No. 1 appraisal well is identifiable and that additional gas-bearing zones are likely at depth,” said Pulsar CEO, Thomas Abraham-James. “This new data … sets the stage for our upcoming drilling program where we plan to deepen Jetstream No. 1 and drill additional step-out wells.”