I heard they broke off some tools down-hole, and could not get them out. They are now trying to go around what was lost. Apparently Basic is not on the hook for the costs for this well and the next one (Sec 16) as well.
It seems that all is not lost in the banks area, they have three more permits for the same area. My fingers are still crossed. On Oct 31, 7:52 am, elwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "I've heard several conflicting versions of their problems." > > what have you heard, if you will ? > > On Oct 31, 5:44 am, Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > The rig on the Wil E. Coyote well is H&P 172. I've heard several > > conflicting versions of their problems. The curve and lateral > > might be even more interesting! > > > Just to the southeast of the Coyote well, Contintental has been > > drilling with Cyclone 23. November 1, will be their 90th day > > on location! Their entire crew will be elgible to vote at the > > the local precinct! ha They did have a major problem during the > > cementing of their long string casing which set them back about > > a month. The good news is that they have had a nice size flare > > burning while drilling the horizontal section. This, according to > > the Continental website, is a Sanish/Three Forks test. > > > Between these two holes, Burlington and Nabors rig 177 drilled > > a two-mile lateral in just 23 days! Go figure. Some have good > > luck; some make good luck; and some apparently have no luck at all.- Hide > > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bakken Shale Discussion" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bakken-shale-discussion?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
