Big Oil and Gas 24: 2024 11 12 Profiles of Courage

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Tuesday, November 12, 2024

2024 11 12 Profiles of Courage - Joshua Mitchell (Mudlogger)

This morning, Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 6:00 am MST, we are running open hole logs (Schlumberger). We finished POOH, rigged up logging truck and logging tools, ran in the hole, and tagged a bridge at 7,870’ (TD of hole is at 12,670’). We are currently logging up from there to surface casing set at 3,500’. Tagging bridges up high on initial logging runs are nothing unusual or out of the ordinary. Normal procedures are to make another bit trip to bottom, wipe and ream the hole at the tight spot, then attempt to run logs again, however; since winter stipulations are fast approaching, it is imperative we continue with drilling operations to reach the Shannon 5 at 15,600’.

Current plans are:

(1.) finish logging to surface casing at 3,500’,

(2.) TIH with bit to 12,670’,

(3.) Circulate & condition mud. POOH.

(3.) Run and cement 7” casing at 12,670’ MD,

(4.) ND (“Nipple Down”) 5,000 psi BOP stack,

(5.) NU (“Nipple Up”) 10,000 psi BOP stack and test as per BLM regulations,

(6.) TIH with 6 1/8” bit and BHA,

(7.) Drill out cement, float joint and 10’ of new hole,

(8.) Conduct FIT (“Formation Integrity Test”),

(9.) Drill 6 1/8” hole to 15,600’ TVD !!

Today’s video features Mr. Joshua Mitchell (Mudlogger). Josh is one of the newest members of the LSOG team here on location. He works the nighttime shift from 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM, relieving Dr. Mike Seidensticker who works the daylight shift. Mudloggers collect and analyze the cuttings from the hole to determine the geology of where we are at throughout the drilling of the well. There are a myriad of different technical analyses run on the cuttings. In the video, Josh explains the details of some of those technical evaluation processes.