Total Helium Ltd. announced that it has commenced drilling operations for its first well, the Boltz 35B, at its 86,000-acre project in western Kansas where it aims to extend the Hugoton Gas Field, the largest conventional onshore natural gas and helium field in North America. Total Helium has started its drilling program by spudding its first well in Hamilton County, Kansas. The Total Helium team is installing a 3-phase power for operating a submersible pump, building a pipeline connection for selling the produced gases, and establishing disposal lines for connecting the well to an existing salt-water disposal well. Testing, completion, and production of the Boltz 35B is expected to start in December. Total Helium is a helium exploration, production and storage solutions company and it anticipates the drilling and completion of its first wells in the months of November and December at its approximately 86,000-acre lease-holding in western Kansas.