2024 10 27 Profiles of Courage - Cody Davis

Oct 25, 2024

This morning, Sunday, October 27, 2024, 6:00 am MST, we are drilling at 10,152’ TD, 21 fph. We made 241‘, averaging 11 fph (2 fph min, 15 fph max). After the bit trip, it took us a while to get back to drilling because we had to spend 5 hours circulating and raising the mud weight from 9.3 ppg to 9.5 ppg. There is an old oilfield saying “Let the hole tell you what to do”. After we got back in the hole, we had to wash our way back to the bottom and there was an excessive amount of fill and cuttings coming over the shaker. This was the hole telling us “You better raise the mud weight or I’m going to fall in on you!!”. After circulating and raising the mud weight, the cuttings coming back over the shaker went back to normal and we resumed drilling at a respectable P rate.

 

Today’s video focuses on one of the Drillers on Rig 88, Mr. Cody Davis, and his dog “Diesel”. He is one of us. You gotta remember that all the hands you see on the rig with LSOG hard hats are part of the LSOG family – employees of LSOG. Drillers are the guys who actually run and operate the rig. They have 4 or 5 other “hands” or crew that report to him. He is responsible for “getting things done” around the rig in a safe and efficient manner. In the video, you can see Cody conferring and working closely with the Directional Driller to ensure the bit is drilling in the desired trajectory at maximum P rates. Diesel is also keeping a close eye on Cody’s sandwich!