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Project Acronym: IDDP-2 | State: Completed | Expedition ID: 5029

ins.: 2017-01-12 01:00, 9 yrs ago
By: Scientists
Category: IDDP-2
IDDP-2

IDDP: 2017-01-12

The work on the blow-out preventer was completed at 16:30 ...
Drill rig Thor at IDDP-2 drill site in the background middle of photo. (Source: Gudmundur Omar Fridleifsson)

The work on the blow-out preventer was completed at 16:30 and a pressure test was then carried out, which was completed at 06:00 yesterday. Afterwards the bottom hole assembly which includes a 6" drill bit was started to run in hole at noon. At midnight the drill bit was at a depth of 600 m. While running in with the drill string the well was cooled after each stand. Running in hole continued today and the top of cement within the sacrificial casing was detected at a depth of 1185 m at about 02:40. Subsequently drilling into cement commenced and current depth is 1244 m.