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Project Acronym: HSDP | State: Completed | Expedition ID: 5027
ins.: 2003-05-18 02:00, 23 yrs ago

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hawaii: 2003-05-18
On their return invitation on Friday, our friends from ...

On their return invitation on Friday, our friends from Halliburton were able to get a good cement seal on the shallow casing break. We spent Friday night waiting for the cement to cure and Saturday was spent drilling the residual cement out of the casing. We tagged the deeper cemented zone at the top of the 7" casing and, after we drilled through, we had major water flow from downhole. The crew spent most of Saturday night getting it under control with heavy mud and today, Sunday, we are now on bottom back to drilling. We're hoping that we can maintain control on the flow from here on out and maybe get some more hole drilled in the next few days. I should also add that we just got the invoice for the Halliburton work - and I now have a new appreciation for the expression "shock and awe".
