Evening Dave. Wow, it's amazing how this site comes alive when things begin to unfold!!!
...responding to your post of waaaay back 7 whole hours ago!!!
Dave, I misled you, and apologise. When perforating, bullets are used, which are similar to firearm shells. Yes, they are explosive devices, albeit very small ones.
I got the impression you were thinking that they were going to use dynamite as a means of collapsing the area downhole, which of course would be a ridiculous idea to anyone in the O&G business, but possibly not to the average Joe. That is the idea I was trying to correct.
Anyway, there you go. You were right.
Regarding the sequence of events - as a geologist I sit wells during the drilling phase, and have never seen a well snuffed out in this fashion.
If anyone has a clue about the events required to kill this well, I would also be very interested to hear about it. I have an idea, but don't want to comment for fear of being totally wrong.
This won't benefit us one iota, as investors, but would be interesting to learn about.
Have a good night/morning.
Rick. |
