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re: Massive oil rig explosion near Etoile, Texas..
Posted on 4/21/26 at 2:04 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Posted on 4/21/26 at 2:04 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Breaking now? Why's it still dark outside there?
!breaking! is really important to twitter loons
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Posted on 4/21/26 at 2:07 pm to Cosmo
No matter who is at fault, blame the worm on the drill crew
Posted on 4/21/26 at 2:08 pm to ragincajun03
15000 fm 226 is the entrance to the field. See a few spud date only wells on the old database
Everything else looks p&a or permit expired.
Re entry work?
Everything else looks p&a or permit expired.
Re entry work?
This post was edited on 4/21/26 at 2:10 pm
Posted on 4/21/26 at 2:29 pm to LegendInMyMind
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got ahold of it recently and started pushing it out to the herd on Xwitter
Some are pleased to report / repeat that the mantra "West is declining" Probably feel straight much better after reposting.
This post was edited on 4/21/26 at 2:37 pm
Posted on 4/21/26 at 2:45 pm to Ailsa
This was an H&P rig circulating out a weighted pill without running any MPD equipment.
They shut in the well and it had 10k of pressure.
Smaller operator and rig likely being run by a consulting firm though cannot confirm yet.
Not sure what failed or what shut in method (if any) was used that resulted in the blow out just yet but drilling these wells without MPD is just asking for trouble.
They shut in the well and it had 10k of pressure.
Smaller operator and rig likely being run by a consulting firm though cannot confirm yet.
Not sure what failed or what shut in method (if any) was used that resulted in the blow out just yet but drilling these wells without MPD is just asking for trouble.
This post was edited on 4/21/26 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 4/21/26 at 2:51 pm to honeybadger07
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This was an H&P rig circulating out a weighted pill without running any MPD equipment.
They shut in the well and it had 10k of pressure.
Smaller operator and rig likely being run by a consulting firm though cannot confirm yet.
Not sure what failed or what shut in method (if any) was used that resulted in the blow out just yet but drilling these wells without MPD is just asking for trouble.
I hope no lives were lost.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 10:36 am to Ailsa
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I hope no lives were lost.
Thankfully no lives were lost. It was a seal leak between the B section and stack that began leaking at 7500 psi and the rig was evacuated.
Blew the dog house off the rig floor!
Found out more details. They set a mud cap for a TOH. When going back in the mud cap was displaced out of the hole and did not replace the added hydrostatic the mud cap provided. Simply running MPD would have taken care of this. When they got back to bottom and broke circulation the well came to see them.
Apparently the rig had been in the Permian previously and the company men and hands didn't have much experience in east Texas with these deep high pressured wells. Regardless, this is completely an engineering failure to be drilling these wells without MPD. The only reasons they wouldn't be running this is incompetency or they were trying to save costs (which also falls under incompetency). Saving costs this way is retarded as you will pay way more on your drilling mud trying to weight up incrementally and time spent circulating fluid around while vastly increasing your risk of what just happened.
Play stupid games you win stupid prizes!
This post was edited on 4/23/26 at 10:51 am
Posted on 4/23/26 at 11:12 am to honeybadger07
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the company men and hands didn't have much experience in east Texas with these deep high pressured wells. Regardless, this is completely an engineering failure to be drilling these wells without MPD.
Aren't there rules and regulation to help prevent this? It still seems like a massive loss.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 9:40 am to Ailsa
No there is no rules or regulations for the personnel experience or surface equipment being run drilling onshore. Now if the operator shows they are not a prudent operator the RRC can deny permits.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 10:06 am to Cosmo
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Tommy has another mess on his hands here
Cheyenne will have to look after TL again.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 11:01 am to honeybadger07
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No there is no rules or regulations for the personnel experience or surface equipment being run drilling onshore. Now if the operator shows they are not a prudent operator the RRC can deny permits.
I'm surprised there are no OSHA type regulations.
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