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Posted on 1/22/18 at 9:36 pm to GREENHEAD22
Not shallow. Kick happened at around 9000' TVD. It was driller negligence. Kick happened after TD on the trip out. They weren't monitoring their displacement closely each time.
It's almost always during a trip that bad things happen. Usually on a trip out.
It's almost always during a trip that bad things happen. Usually on a trip out.
This post was edited on 1/22/18 at 9:37 pm
Posted on 1/22/18 at 9:38 pm to 3deadtrolls
a friend of mine that is in the oil business said that somebody screwed up bad for this to happen. He said whatever happened (I didnt quite understand what he was talking about)was unheard of these days.
Posted on 1/22/18 at 9:39 pm to redstick13
Posted on 1/22/18 at 9:39 pm to GREENHEAD22
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With the technology today letting a kick get all the way to surface is quite hard without some negligence. At least in the DW arena.
Unless you're air or foam drilling. You don't know you're taking a kick until the flare goes off.
Posted on 1/22/18 at 9:41 pm to Langland
What a douchebag comment
Posted on 1/22/18 at 9:41 pm to Str8volfan
Companies are cutting corners trying to run lean operations to make a profit. It won't be the last time it happens over the next year or more.
Posted on 1/22/18 at 9:41 pm to Str8volfan
With all the new tech on the rigs its a lot harder for it to happen but not impossible. Just like DW horizon it almost always boils down to people not paying enough attention.
Posted on 1/22/18 at 9:44 pm to GulfCoastPoke
Posted on 1/22/18 at 9:46 pm to TigersHuskers
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I just heard all five have been found and all are okay. No deaths.
Posted on 1/22/18 at 9:48 pm to Sao
That pipe rack looked almost full. They must have been close to being out of the hole. Looks terrible. There’s a lot of good folks in that area. Hate to see this.
Posted on 1/22/18 at 9:49 pm to redstick13
Ahh okay, I have no experience with that, is that commonly used in shale plays?
Posted on 1/22/18 at 9:50 pm to TBoy
They were out the hole getting ready to RIH according to the reports. Gas was sitting below the blinds when they opened them.
This post was edited on 1/22/18 at 10:22 pm
Posted on 1/22/18 at 9:53 pm to GREENHEAD22
Not that I know of. I've drilled underbalanced in Canada, Utah and Colorado but all on conventional plays. In Canada it was because they didn't want to kill the well for production purposes. Colorado and Utah it was to reduce the hydrostatic head due to mud losses. I hated it. fricking hell you could drill as fast as the blocks would fall to the floor.
Posted on 1/22/18 at 9:54 pm to colorchangintiger
I’m not saying that automation isn’t occurring (although not in the space most would assume, and not what Big blue is saying) I was questioning the statement made about crew size reduction by automation on a typical land Rig.
Posted on 1/22/18 at 9:54 pm to GREENHEAD22
When tripping pipe out of the hole the mud engineer, company man, pit hand and driller should be watching the trip tanks. The trip tanks are connected to the hole and and should lose mud to the hole equal to the volume of pipe pulled from the hole. It’s very basic math and the trip tanks have to be constantly filled to keep up with mud going in as pipe is coming out. To miss this big of a kick is completely inexcusable. They would have had to completely ignore the trip tanks which is hard to do as rigs trip pipe all the time.
Posted on 1/22/18 at 9:58 pm to xrockfordf150x
Not all land operations use their trip tanks. They will just circulate on the backside through the fill up line on the active pits. Especially in cold weather. Also land operations don't usually have a dedicated mud engineer onsite. One mud engineer will cover several rigs.
This post was edited on 1/22/18 at 10:11 pm
Posted on 1/22/18 at 10:08 pm to xrockfordf150x
Yea I am aware of this, I may have been around a rig or two.
Hence my post about negligence.
Hence my post about negligence.
Posted on 1/22/18 at 10:09 pm to redstick13
Jeesum, land couldn't be more of the wild west compared to DW.
Posted on 1/22/18 at 10:11 pm to GREENHEAD22
Mud engineers may or may not be on location but mud volume while tripping is a major well control parameter that multiple hands should be watching. Regardless of how the hole is filled, backside or trip tanks, volume in has to equal volume out.
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