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When the right hand don't know what the left hand is doing.....

For the calendar year 2009, BP reported earnings of 19.7 billion dollars.  Pretty fat cats. For the calendar year 2009, the Department of Energy reported a budget of 26.037 billion American tax…Continue

Started May 25, 2010

What we know....and what we don't know related to the BP disaster....
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May be sorry later, but here goes........ The title says "What WE know", but it should say "What I think we know...." What "We" know.......... 1.  It was technologically a tough well. If you have to…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Mark F Barnes Jul 27, 2010.

Them dang tuna fishermen........

I ain't two computer illeitijckrwate.....hang on...I'm cranking up smell checker...or is it "spell checker???"...... Anywho, a post appeared earlier today that was a hoax.  Some tuna fishermen…Continue

Started May 4, 2010

The Eagle Ford Shale in south Texas
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Curtis,I don't know how to kick it off, but I put this out publicly because we have a horizontally drilled shale play in south Texas that will pop up on your radar sooner or later.  The formation is…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Joe lilley May 2, 2010.

 

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My biggest frac to date. 9,400 bbls, 140,000 lbs sand, 320 bbls acid. Not big by industry standards but glad to have the experience and the work. 60 bbls/min @ 4,700 psi for 3 1/2 hrs.....
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Frank J. Shattuck replied to DeeperCheaper's discussion My shallow well of record...or....."That would just be excessive..... in the group Old School
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Jan 4, 2011
DeeperCheaper replied to richard dawson's discussion Hard time finding a mud engineer with experience.
"I forgot this, and its important. The job was @ 56 days from cattle guard to cattle guard. I had one day of relief in that 56 days so I could go to some meeting about selling the independent company I worked for. And no, I didn't sit the job.…"
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DeeperCheaper commented on Drilling Ahead's blog post Fracing With Propane- Anyone Familiar With This New Technology?
"Hey Curtis!!! Been missing you! Why did you quit posting!!!!!!!! tehehehehe... I want to extend a big thanks to you for the research you do for this site, not to mention the policing of the same. I'd never heard of this propane frac technology…"
Oct 3, 2010
DeeperCheaper replied to Drilling Ahead's discussion Transocean Deepwater Horizon Explosion-A Discussion of What Actually Happened?
"Gene----Keith is our science experiment......he keeps us thinking....let's not alienate him.....I need his original thought processes..... "If it was easy, there wouldn't be any money in it"...... D"
Aug 21, 2010
DeeperCheaper replied to Drilling Ahead's discussion Transocean Deepwater Horizon Explosion-A Discussion of What Actually Happened?
"Wasn't asking that .......It doesn't take a great scientific and logical mind to make a statement like "it went where the holes are....." The point is......where are the holes? And do holes really exist? How do you determine…"
Aug 21, 2010
DeeperCheaper replied to Drilling Ahead's discussion Transocean Deepwater Horizon Explosion-A Discussion of What Actually Happened?
"Go figger...go figger...... If any one person responding to this can tell me with absolute certainty as to where the mud and cement went when they did the top kill.....and can tell me the downhole status of this well.....then I have an invitation…"
Aug 21, 2010
DeeperCheaper replied to Drilling Ahead's discussion Transocean Deepwater Horizon Explosion-A Discussion of What Actually Happened?
"Has anyone seen or heard anything said about a radioactive tracer being pumped in the cement/mud used in the top kill a couple of weeks ago? I don't know if the relief well is close enough to the Manocondo to swap fluids and thereby be able to…"
Aug 21, 2010
DeeperCheaper replied to Drilling Ahead's discussion Transocean Deepwater Horizon Explosion-A Discussion of What Actually Happened?
"They can talk in circles because BP foolishly let the US govt have a say....there are two relief wells idling out there at @ $750,000 a day. Them that's poking the bear don't care if he twitches or not.....they are insulated from all harm,…"
Aug 20, 2010
DeeperCheaper replied to Drilling Ahead's discussion Transocean Deepwater Horizon Explosion-A Discussion of What Actually Happened?
"Please keep quoting Thad Allen......he's been in the oilfield by proxy for about 60 days. I'm sure HIS EMMINENCE WHO HAS NEVER BEEN DEEPER THAN THE KEEL OF THE BIGGEST SHIP HE'S EVER SAILED has suddenly become a force greater than BP,…"
Aug 20, 2010
DeeperCheaper replied to Drilling Ahead's discussion Transocean Deepwater Horizon Explosion-A Discussion of What Actually Happened?
""Pepsi Generation" was an advertising program initiated by Pepsi in 1963. Wikipedia didn't give a date for the conclusion of the program. It was Pepsi's attempt to capture business from the "generation gappers".....you…"
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Prediction...........

Just a prediction...............When the sages of the Potomac get thru throwing their weight around, the outcome will be that any well drilled in the deep GOM, or possibly in any federal waters, will require an identical relief well to be drilled just short of TD simultaneously.

This prediction took a lot of thinking on my part, and will now require a much needed nap.

Fill your tanks this evening......it…

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At 9:41pm on January 30, 2012, Mike Shaw said…

Was just thinking about you, Brother...sure do miss you!

At 12:42pm on December 2, 2011, Randi said…

RIP Deeper Cheaper

At 12:36pm on December 2, 2011, Drilling Ahead said…

Rest In peace Jim "Deeper Cheaper" You will be missed

At 8:41am on May 19, 2010, Inger Lise Monsen said…
Hi :) And thanks for your encouragement!
I am glad you are here, with your knowledge and your humorous sense (love your pic of the tennis-girl above ;)
At 9:28pm on May 18, 2010, Mike Shaw said…
Hi Jim, great to have you on board, yea that Cash tune is from 1962 and one of my favorite roughnecked songs!
At 10:08pm on May 2, 2010, Randi said…
Good to finally have you here with us Deeper!
 
 
 
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