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Description of Activities
Traveled to Dallas
6:45 Arrive at job
7:00 Vern arrives and we walk the bore
7:45 Start set-up
12:00 Lunch
12:45 Start to set up "A" coil
1:45 Load coil file "A" and set up survey file
2:30 Pulled probe out. Still good - added tape
5:00 Shut down for day
7:00 Arrive and set up
7:45 Start drilling w/DHA (down hole assembly)
8:50 Hit first pit aimed left - put line strap on to hold up. Waiting on approval
for pipe location
9:13 ok to make connection and keep drilling
10:20 Hard rock on #4 kicked up
10:40 Mag and dip clearing on #$
10:53 lost returns - never mind
11:55 Fracked Out - close down for lunch and clean up
12:46 Drilling again
1:56 Softer formation 7' - 8' from bottom of #10 stem
2:28 Too much steer on # 10 - pulling # 11 back and #10 to top to cut the build some
3:25 We got a new hole on #11 - don't know why we are in a soft rock formation
4:15 Too deep - waiting for approval
4:45 Mike (Super. of job) came - need to drill 1 more and still get approval
5:05 Hit something rough 1/2 down #13 - no mud pumping
5:25 Shut down
5:30 Met w/Mike and Vern - recommended using motor
7:00 Arrive at job - no one here yet - in meeting
7:50 Carl arrives and says will run motor but pulling out and starting over want 9' at pit
8:00 Started tripping out
9:00 All pipe out - waiting on bosses to show up
9:30 Vern says bosses now want 11" deep at pit
9:40 Start drilling and get new hole
10:00 Too deep - we will miss pit - pulling back to try and get in 1 st hole
11:00 Still working at getting in 1 st hole - holding with strap and block
12:00 In pit
12:05 Lunch
12:50 Start drilling
1:10 Picked up bit in pit 4 deg. - we just found out
2:00 Talked to Vern - the motor was pushed up to get above a beam - I told them it
would not work and we are going to pull back into the pit
3:00 Motor is in the pit, but they pulled the wire and broke it at the monel. They
are going to break the monel loose in the pit and reconnect with the wire after
they blow it down. Also the generator ran out of fuel - everything is off.
4:12 Reconnected at monel
4:45 Drilling #3 backdown
5:35 Taking offwe are on a ledge-time drill #3
6:00 Shut down - will start drill in am on #3
7:00 Arrive and set up - counted pipe - #3 on drill will start time drill when pump is
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oiled. I'm going to have Carl start 10' down on #3 and drill 2 per 1"
8:30 Ready to drill
8:45 Carl says we are in new hole and down to 80.4 deg.
9:10 #4 dropped 5 deg in 2' - have to pull back to #3 and try and bring it up
9:55 Pushed 3 back in
10:15 Went back in old hole - talked to Norm and Vern and we are going to dig to
where bit is and trench into shale to get a bite
12:12 Pushing # 3 back to wall of pit
12:30 got new hole (dropped from 83.4 deg to 81.5 deg in one joint)
3:00 Steered 4 through 9 with Norm and Carl making decision w/me - wanted Norm
and Vern to know we were doing all we could within the parameters of the job.
4:00 Went and straighten out coil - got funny shot
4:40 Problems with motor on mud tank
5:10 Back drilling
5:15 Shut down again. Motor still has problems
6:15 Shutdown
7:00 Arrive and set up
7:13 Start drilling
9:41 Conf. w/Norm and Robbie Dupree. We dropped 3 deg. in 2/3 of joint 20 - going
to pull out and put jetting assembly on
11:00 Carl pulling pipe - I'm surveying to verif numbers
12:20 Resurveyed to verify elevation at exit Pit - Norm and I are going to lunch
12:52 Back from lunch
1:45 Jet assembly on - ready to push back in
2:00 #3 back in ground
4:56 Pushing #16 into soft spot ~ pushing hard
5:10 Hooked up '~r wire and knocked out stations 17, 18 & 19
6:00 Shot in "B" coil and laid wire
8:30 Shut down
7:00 Arrive at job & set up - load "B" coil
7:30 Vern and Norm arrive and found that the pipe had folded in the
pit. Major problems. Never lost the bore.
11:05 Hooked back up - ready to drill
11:26 Shot# 19 over
11:49 #20 built - 3.2 deg in 19'. rest of joint In. This is the joint that
dropped before
1:00 finished lunch & moved welder to "B" coil
1:20 Hard ground on #21
2:40 Talked to Norm. He's having trouble building - decided to slide
10 (330) to see if HS has moved
4:35 1:50 between shots on #22 & #23. Jet assembly won't slide but
by inches
6:00 Shut down on #24
Sunday ~ Off
6:45 Arrive and measure creek
7:00 Meet Norm and Vern at yard and discuss problems. We will
drill 2 more joints and see if we can get it to steer and drill.
7:15 Arrive atjoband set up
7:30 Changing over to #25
7:42 Start drilling #25
8:04 Bottom of #25 (22 minutes)
9:00 Pipe bowing up on pit - bringing another backhoe to hold it down
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11-Aug
9:35 Drilling again
9:44 Waiting on water
10:55 Down to 23' on joint #27 - pulling out to put on the motor 2:00 Back in the pit - putting on the motor
2:30 Lost wire - connection broke at brushes - repaired and ready to pull
#3 back to change DHA (down hole assembly)
3:40 Motor on and reset HS - Readyto drill
3:45 Pushing #3 down
7:45 Left job - #22 down but need to count joints in the AM to confirm
6:45 Arrive - crew comes in at 7 and I set up
7:20 Break offfrom #22 and putting on #23
7:35 #23 down
8:39 On bottom again with motor
10:15 Fracking in creek 1/2 down on #31 - stop drilling until decision
11:30 Drill on
11:45 ??? Is corrupted under bridge
12:00 Inspector said wait 1 hour before drilling - breaking for Punch
1:14 Drilling
1:30 Vern stopped us from drilling because of frack. Baroid rep is here and
they are looking.
2:40 Pulling back from #32 - 5' from bottom ~ pulling 4 joints
3:00 Pinched wire on 4th joint coming out
3:20 Pushing 2 back in
4:45 Putting Goldon Seal in - #32 down and shot - I leave job for the day
6:45 Arrive at job - crew arrives at 7 and I set up
7:30 #33 on the rig ready to drill in - pumping to see if we have
circulation
7:35 No return yet but start drilling #33 in
8:10 Working on shakers and out of water
10:23 Just shot #35 and we have an O ring out - will repair and waiting
on mechanics
11:00 Drilling again
12:12 Out of water - breaking for lunch
1:00 Start drilling - I change exit coil by widening corners 16, 17 & 18
2:00 Frack out and my #'s are screwed up - going to exit to check it out
4:05 Punched out - online at 9.1 deep
Greg Wood - Daily Activity Notes / Bore #3
City of Coppell - 30' Force Main Line D
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Date Description of Activities
2-Aug Moved equipment / Set wire line
S-Aug Started pilot #1 390' in, dropped 5 degrees in 30' due to soil conditions.
4-Aug Tripped out and try pilot #2. Soil conditions kicked up. Pulled back to pit
S-Aug New pilot #3 {Down Hole Assembly) Recycler down until 12:00, started drilling around 12:00
same results New Pilot 390' in 4th pilot (4th hole) 5:00 pm recycler down - fuel problems
6-Aug
Keep drilling in 4th pilot, got 740' total and hit soft material (35 + 91 - 34 + 71), can not steer
w/mud motor too soft. Tripped all 740' out and put jet assembly on and got back 740'
(end of day)
?-Aug 2 bent stems in pit, change stems, started drilling around 11:00. Drilled 45' (785) and hit hard
soil conditions. Shut down around 4:30 pm
9-Aug Drilled 60' (845) w/jet assembly material too hard drill. Tripped back out to pit installed mud
motor and pushed back in to 660'
lO-Aug Continued drilling w/mud motor. At 11:30 fracked out at lake 930' and lost flow, pulled 4
stems to regain flow install poly swale and left to allow poly swale to set up over night
? l-Aug Punched pilot out at 4:00PM too high - boring hard. Stop to control frackouts - pulled back -
dropped pit and adjusted bore and bored back on grade. Around 6:30 shakers down 2 hours
12-Aug
Started cutting back w/24" reamer (to save time) at 2:00. 7:00 - 2:00 - recycler down (electrical
problems) Cut 150' back w/24" reamer & had good flow. 3:00 ran out of water - mud suckers
down and at shop. Recycler up and running at 3:30 broke down again at 4:00. McBride came
out and worked on recycler - worked on recycler until 9:30.
IS-Aug Cut w/24" to 330' - lost flow, frackout pushed back to receiving pit to clean hole. Tripped
back in and cut 60 more feet to 390', cutting slow too big of cut for soil conditions.
14-Aug Pushed back out and installed 18" reamer cut back to 780'
16-Aug Started cutting, lost flow - pushed back 300' to regain flow. Completed cutting bore with 18"
reamer at 5:30. Rick called Mike that night about frackout.
17-Au9
Cleaned frackout on Mariners Ct. from 7:00 until 12:00. Install 24" reamer and started cutting
got back to 390' mark from 1st try w/24"reamer, cut to 690' and lost flow, pushed back 360' to
regain flow. 3:00 pm lost water and stopped
Wed 18-Aug Bore rig down all day - Cat Track (hoses)
Thurs 19-Aug Rain out
Fri 20-Aug Started and did not have flow - push back another 300' - regained flow and got back to 690'
good flow
Sat 21-Au9 Got to 890' lost flow, pushed back gO' and regained flow - cut out bore with 24"
Mon 25-,4ug Put36"reameronand started cutting 30', ljoint,4hours. Recyclerdown-pump(IMPELERS)
2:00 changed mixing pumps
Tue 24-Aug Cut 300' to 330 mark - 50 minutes per stem lost flow at 330' push all the way out to regain flow
back into hole to 330' w/good flow. Rig running hot changed water pump after shut down.
Wed 2S-Aug
Cut to 510". Stems took from 30 minutes to 1 hour. 6 stems in lost flow. Rig over-heating.
Pushed back all the way to regain flow. Tripped back to 510' - 8:00 pm. Lost motor on recycler
(Shaker Motor ) (Change motor Wednesday night - completed arou nd 10 pm.)
Thurs 26-Aug
Lost flow pushed back 90' went back in and rotary pressure maxed out. Push all the way out &
checked - reamer was full of mud. Started modifying reamer around 6:30 pm. Worked until
9:00 PM
Fri
27-Aug Finished modifying reamer - 10:00 am. Started pulling back in. 11:00 rig broke - alternator -
started back at 12:30. 1:00 broke vice jaw - down rest of day
Sat 28-Aug Rain out
IVIon SO-Aug Started cutting 4 stems 120' to 630' clean pitandcuttingsunti111:30- 1:30. 1:30 started
drilling. Rig down at 3:30
Tue $1-Aug Rig down - Hydraulic pumps re-installed at 5;:00 pm