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They have run out of Diesel and are having a site meeting to find out who said our Helium was hydrocarbon free?

Place looks deserted lol

To protect your feet, Dai !

TallPaul and DJM

Thanks for putting the link up again Paul - not my forte!

All systems go now!

Folks

Look at the picture carefully - big hints there!

The casing pipes, the grouting material and most telling, the reamer pipes to clean and size the borehole, all taking centre stage, which is a nod that the TD is probably done!

Weekend to tidy things ups and start the wire logging on Monday.

This is a VERY positive tweet in disguise 🥸

GLA

Based on Nobles previous tales, they will announce Spud on Monday, and following day will announce TD and Discovery, with a $10 billion contract with Party Balloons of Timbuktu Ltd.

Seriously, they may be waiting for us to show them the lie of the land! 🤑

Dai

Watch and listen to Mike's video again!

Deck engine is running, and when Mike moves his head at the start, you can see the smoke coming horizontally out of the chimney stack! (At Least on my 28" iMac)

Yeah DJM

Used to be "check the bloody dipstick every morning"

Now it's " Don't worry, it'll come up on the computer"

Still better to check the dipstick lol

@Dai

Black reek was in the original video with Lorna giving the update, and in fairness, the 24" Drill Bit would have been in the ground then, so a lot of grunt was needed to drill down with that big Bit churning away.

Yesterday's video still shows some black reek travelling horizontally from Mikes helmet, but not to the level previously, but this could be down to reduced effort required to drill with the 8.5" Bit, although the deeper they go the more drag generated by the sheer physical weight of the increasing number of drill strings attached.

Maybe smoke coming from Mike's left ear! lol

@Dai

My next shout is that Noble will announce drilling has started at Mbelela and will be RNSd around midnight - 1am tonight our time on the ASX!

1.1m at 5.5p showing on google finance

Come on!

Sussex

Very unlikely that they would attempt to or indeed get cost effective cover on the rig after it lying idle for more than five years

This will be super exciting for the team on site as we are already 18 hours into a probable 96 hours push to TD

Now driving down into the target zones with the potential of gas shows at any point!

A tweet of the pad and cellar concrete works at Itumbula would be nice to chase the SP back to where it should be.

Crazy week ahead!

Ps. Wonder if they ordered a spare spare ? 🤔

The guy can't even convert GB£ to US$ correctly!

Somewhere in here most likely the root of the problem!

Well Service Transmissions

CX35-P800

Overview

Your operation depends on the power driving it. And your transmission is as crucial to your power solution as the engine. Cat transmissions are proven in the oil and gas industry and widely known for their exceptional power, leading durability, ease of operation, and shifting options.Ideal applications for Cat CX35-P800 transmissions include workover rigs, hydraulic fracturing, kill mud pumps, coil tubing pump support, nitrogen units, acidizing units, and cementing units. CX35-P800 transmissions are optimized for use with C15 ACERT, C18 ACERT, and C27 ACERT engines (A ratings).Cat CX35-P800 oilfield transmission. Gross input power: 597 bkW (800 bhp). Configurations available include basic and integral pump drives.

CX35-P800 STANDARD EQUIPMENT

CAT ENGINES FOR OPTIMIZED POWER TRAIN

C15 ACERT, C18 ACERT, and C27 ACERT (A ratings).

TRANSMISSION ROTATION

Input rotation — counterclockwise

Output rotation — counterclockwise(as viewed from rear)

TORQUE CONVERTER

Lock-up clutch, torque converter drive in all gears integral to transmission

Stall torque ratio - 1.962

CLUTCHES

Clutches — electro-hydraulic fully modulated, oil cooled, multidisc

Clutch modulation control — Cat Electronic Clutch Pressure Control (ECPC)

INSTALLATION CONNECTIONS

2 oil cooler lines

1 electrical connector

OIL SYSTEM

Cat Transmission/Drive Train Oil-4 (TDTO)

Sump oil temperatures

Maximum converter outlet oil temperature — 250°F (121°C)

Hydraulic fill capacity — 9 gal (34 L), 16 gal 61L) initial fill

Direct mount filter

MOUNTINGS

Input (flywheel) — SAE #1 dry flywheel housing

Side supports — two SAE #2 pads

Output — 1810 yoke, 1810 companion flange, SPL 250 yoke, ISO 8667-T180 flange

POWER TAKE-OFF DRIVES

Location

Mounting type: 10 bolt

Rated torque

Rotation: same as engine

Ratio, 1:1

Our Predator will most likely have a n older configuration to the above but the concept is the same.

Power Take Off will provide the link to the Hydraulic Pump to then feed the Drill Bit Drive Auget Motor, the Mast Rams, Pipe Skate Rams for set up and levelling on site.

Testing under no load today.

Start running under light load tomorrow and Sunday, then back to full work drilling and RNS on Monday.

In a perverse way, the downtime will have given a great opportunity to go through all the other parts of the Rig, check welds, filters, hoses, fuel line fractures, etc.

Almost like a second Audit.

So not all bad!

Time to get this Discovery done now!

Noble share price up from 19c to 21.5c with more than 6mln traded, which is about 10x recent daily average! Reckon they will go tomorrow morning.

@Patshare

The first drill bit would be around 24” diameter to accommodate 20” conductor casing and cement grout around it. The 17.5” surface casing would require approx. 19-20” drill bit inside the conductor casing to allow drilling down below, and grouting the surface casing around it. These 2 drill bits would be heavy workload for the engine, gearbox, and the hydraulic pipe work and motors.

The 13.5” intermediate casing would be as per the above with approx. 16” drill bit.

As they have completed and cement sealed the above casings, they were in the process of proceeding with the 8.5” drill bit which they would use to total depth. I reckon they are somewhere between 150-200 metres down.

If they are open drilling the final 900-1000 metres it may only take 4 or 5 days, all going well, with the only friction being the mud and larger diameter pipe joint sections.

Less chance of washout or obstructions due to the larger bore size than used as Tai1.

They would then do logging and installation of casing (6”?) and grouting to complete the hole.

The second alternative I mentioned earlier is to use the casing tube as the drill bit drive string and this allows the casing to be installed as the drilling proceeds. The drill bit is sacrificed and left at the bottom of the borehole in this instance.

Don’t think they planned for this second option though!

There is a lot of muddled thinking on here regarding drill depth and expected metres progress per day.

The hard work has essentially been done with the larger casings and cementing completed. They required big drill bits and lots of torque to drill, in comparison to what now lies ahead.

An 8 5/8” drill bit will be easy meat in comparison, and a lot less load on the machinery.

Does anyone know if they will drill straight to TD and case thereafter or have they the gear on site to drill and case together ?

Devon

Helium One own the Rig

Ezhik

Did you ever encounter a broken Crankshaft on one ?

Can you give us an insight to the problems/failures you encountered with them.

Cheers

Challenging walking and scrambling! Too old and stiff for the serious stuff now, especially in the weather up here at the moment.

Think this might get near 5p after close, and if they get a good, quick repair, then it might well be our catalyst to really push this up!

Another hurdle successfully overcome. we have been getting better at that since Lorna took over!