- 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).