• Drains clear to flow to rio negro
  • Ditches between pits to grout with old cement
  • 42” pipe cut approx 0.3m above bottom of cellar and cellar cut where necessary to assist flow
  • Cellar clean, cellar jet installed & discharge line to shakers, sufficient slope for cutting removal
  • Mouse and rathole in place
  • Chicksans connected to stand pipe, at subbase
  • D-gasser hooked up
  • All stairs, walkways on mud tanks installed, level
  • Trip tank pump functional
  • Totco wire line unit rigged up and serviceable, barrel on wire line
  • Floor rigged up-tongs moving freely, subs racked, correct segments in slips etc
  • Totco geolograph recorder hooked up and functional
  • Drilling line spooler installed
  • Spud mud ready and extra water in other tanks
  • Casing cleaned, strapped, all casing running tools ready
  • Cementers ready, all lines rigged up, silos full
  • Mudloggers ready
  • Solids control ready, barytes recovery line hooked up
  • Barytes on location, silos full
  • Rubbish bins in place
  • Pick up & make up two stands of hwdp & rack back
  • Stab in tool checked, d/p centralisers on floor with nails
  • Timbers/false rotary readily available
  • Shoe made up on first joint to be run
  • Welding equipment ready & on stand by
  • Drilling tools laid out on matting
  • Spacer spool installed on the bottom of 21¼” BOPE
  • Primary check on BOPE
  • Wash down guns rigged up
  • Submersible pump installed in water pit, hooked up and tested
  • Water well generator still on independent power
  • Lay out, rabbit & strap BHA and tubulars to reach casing depth. Record stabilizer blade gauges.
  • Cable tray covers installed
  • Trip tank hose hooked up
  • Crown ‘o’ matic installed and tested
  • Check position of drill line spooler skid
  • Spreader beams secured
  • Casing stabbing board installed and tested
  • Set 30” riser assembly in cellar area and secure
  • Check all chains and turnbuckles are functioning for holding down the 30” casing
  • 30” casing laid out, cleaned and measured.
  • BOP platform in place for attaching stays to riser and connecting flow line
  • Geolograph hooked up
  • Weatherford-1 tong & power unit available and equipped with 18 5/8” jaws, spare jaws avail.
  • Koomey unit in position and lines laid out
  • Prior to acceptance pressure test the rig pumps against kelly to  3500psi each pump, just to check the integrity of the connections.
  • Cut a few of  meters of formation to test the whole system (1x kelly down).