Pinon Canyon Plant in Las Animas County Fills First Helium Trailer

Helium One Global Ltd’s Galactica project at the Pinon Canyon processing plant in Las Animas County reached a commercial milestone when the site filled its first helium tube trailer in December 2025, delivering saleable gas and starting early revenue flows. The plant’s operator, Blue Star Helium working under the Galactica Joint Venture, is concentrating on stabilising throughput and refining plant equipment as the site moves from commissioning into commercial operations.

Technical teams remain onsite in January 2026 to optimise processing equipment and to complete the commissioning phase. A recycling container has arrived to support plant operations, and the first offtake tube trailer is now onsite receiving compressed helium. Typical steel helium tube trailers hold about 170,000 scf (170 Mscf) of gas; Blue Star’s value metrics put the gross value of a fully loaded trailer between roughly US$59,500 and US$102,000. Those early trailer fills represent immediate, tangible cash receipts as the project scales.

Blue Star is pursuing a two-track offtake strategy to convert production into revenue. Short-term contracts are being sought to secure immediate cash flow while negotiations continue for longer-term offtake partnerships with bulk transport and storage providers, packaged gas distributors, and sector end-users. The Galactica-Pegasus project is being positioned as a new domestic source of helium and CO2 for U.S. buyers, a point of interest for industries that rely on secure domestic supply chains.

Growth planning is already under way. Additional well tie-ins and infill drilling are scheduled to expand feed into the Pinon Canyon processing plant, forming the core strategy to scale processing capacity and materially increase revenue during 2026. Project schedules expect further revenue growth during the first half of 2026 as more wells are connected and throughput stabilises.

For Las Animas County residents, the early commercial activity signals a shift from testing to market-facing operations. Local businesses that provide transport, equipment maintenance, and site services may see increased demand as the plant moves toward higher, steadier output. County officials and landowners will likely follow developments closely as tie-ins and drilling activity accelerate.

What comes next is clearer production and more trailer shipments as optimisation continues and offtake contracts are finalised. If the project meets its planned tie-in and drilling milestones, Pinon Canyon could move from early sales to regular commercial deliveries through 2026, bringing measurable industrial activity to the county.