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Project Acronym: HOTSPOT | State: Completed | Expedition ID: 5036

ins.: 2010-10-11 02:00, 15 yrs ago
By: Scientists
Category: SnakeRiver
SnakeRiver

HOTSPOT: 2010-10-11

We have had a frustrating day of reaming and conditioning ...
John Shervais with local press

We have had a frustrating day of reaming and conditioning the hole. We can get the sand zones at the 600-628 fbs area to stabilize and then the subsequent trip out and in with the rod cutter or the fishing tool hits a sand brigge over the rod. This requires a trip in and ream and condition. We believe the remaining rod in the hole has slipped as we can no longer make contact at the 660 fbs. We have been latched onto the rod once and subsequently slipped off. As we have been reaming the hole it has become appearant that the NQ rods have started a new hole and we are looking into the options of stepping around the stuck pipe. We are currently at 660 fbs with the HQ rods washing in slowly trying to stabilize the hole. This may require a cement job in order to fill the cavity that the falling sand is making. So far no more steel out of the hole. We are working to make it a stabke environment so that we can set the 4.5" casing to the 970 fbs mark.