Hello Everyone!

This morning, Friday, November 15, 2024, 6:00 am MST, we are at TD with the 7” intermediate casing at 12,670’, circulating and conditioning mud, and preparing to cement.

Yesterday, while RIH with the casing, we tagged a bridge at 8,050’ and could not go any deeper. While attempting to work through the bridge, we lost ±400 Bbls of mud.

We spent 5 hours building the mud volume back up in the pits, then after regaining circulation with a special “pill” spotted on bottom, we finally worked through the bridge after

pounding on it with the casing for several hours. The 7” casing was then RIH to 12,670’ TD with full circulation regained. We definitely had a few tense moments yesterday!

Hitting bridges and having to work through them while running casings is nothing out of the ordinary. It kind’a goes with the territory. It happens all the time in the drilling business!

Thank you, Earl, Ben, and Duane for getting us out of a bind!

Current plans are:

(1.) Cement 7” casing at 12,670’ TD,

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

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

(4.) TIH with 6 1/8” bit and BHA,

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

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

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

Today’s video features Mr. Trey Franklin, Derrick Man for Rig 88. Trey has been working on drilling rigs in both the domestic US and internationally for the past 18 years.

Derrick Hands is responsible for the upkeep and treatment of the mud system. In the video, Mr. Franklin regularly checks the viscosity and weight of the mud being pumped downhole (going in) and then likewise, checks the same properties of the mud coming out of the hole over the shale shakers. In the video, the viscosity is measured in seconds of time, the number of seconds it takes for 1 quart of mud to fill the cup. Trey then weighs the mud on the scale, reading the weight in pounds per gallon, then enters the readings into the system for permanent record. He spends most of his time talking and conferring with the driller and the mud engineer to ensure the mud system on the surface and downhole meets or exceeds company specifications. A good mud system is vital to the success of the drilling operations. It’s just like the blood in the human body. If your blood is in good shape, you will be in good shape. If your blood is in bad shape, all kinds of sickness and illness will occur. Derrick's hands are also responsible for the maintenance and operation of the two large mud pumps. In the video, you can see Trey using an “old school” method ( a large open-end/box-end wrench) to detect any abnormal sounds or mechanical defects in the fluid ends of the pumps. Pretty ingenious in my book!!

Enjoy!

2024 11 15 https://vimeo.com/1029268336/44c3856374?share=copy

2024 11 15 Profiles of Courage - Trey Franklin (Derrick Man)

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Hello Everyone!

This morning, Thursday, November 14, 2024, 6:00 am MST, we are RIH with 7” intermediate casing at 8,050’.

Current plans are:

(2.) Finish RIH with 7” casing to 12,670’ TD and cement.

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

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

(5.) TIH with 6 1/8” bit and BHA,

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

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

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

Today’s video features Mr. Nathan Wagner, Field Supervisor with TRK Casing Services.

Mr. Wagner explains the casing running process in general.

TRK personnel clean the threads of the casing, makeup each joint, and then run it in hole.

This process is repeated for each of the 324 joints of the casing.

It will take approximately 14 hours to run the entire 12,670’ casing string.

Enjoy!

2024 11 14 https://vimeo.com/1029681988/f9dffb0d35?share=copy

2024 11 14 Running 7” Intermediate Casing

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Hello Everyone!

This morning, Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 6:00 am MST, we are POOH with the bit, preparing to RIH with 7” intermediate casing.

We finished logging and RIH with the bit, tagged the bridge at 7,870’ (TD of hole is at 12,670’).

Washed and reamed the hole at same, then TIH to 12,670’ TD.

After circulating and conditioning the mud for several hours, we are currently POOH preparing to run casing.

Current plans are:

(1.) POOH with bit.

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

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

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

(5.) TIH with 6 1/8” bit and BHA,

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

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

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

Today’s video features Mr. Ben Hadden (LSOG Wellsite Supervisor & Drilling Engineer). Ben explains the open hole logging process a bit more in detail.

Thank you, Jacek, for staying up until the wee hours of the morning to video and document the logging process!

2024 11 13 https://vimeo.com/1029273650/42e877f99e?share=copy

2024 11 13 Intermediate Logging Depth 12670' Ben Hadden