SLB took a while to prepare everything after my last post, so I sat in their truck and made sure they had everything they needed in terms of data, and got to know them a little bit. We had 2 engineers here, one of them the main XPT specialist in the region as the other one didn't have any experience doing it.
The PEX went well, with the tool (see diagram below) jamming a little bit at the bottom of the hole but not much. We finished that just in time for dinner, after which Sergey and I chose the XPT measurement points and they started on that. This time everything went pretty smoothly with the process so I am rather chuffed about that as I wrote the procedure! Here is a pic of the XPT tool I found on the SLB website...pretty snazzy really :-) We did have some problems though because the tension on the cable was extremely high, which means it got very close to snapping at some points and that would have been a nightmare. Gilles is only arriving tonight on his shift so I had to phone Alexey knowing full well that he didn't have a clue what to do, whether to stop or keep going. So I checked with the SLB engineers that they were OK to continue and we proceeded cautiously.
We finished at about 1.30am and after sending out some paperwork, Sergey, who was completely knackered, had a 2 1/2 hour sleep while I waited up for the engineers. Just before 4, I decided to go to bed for a bit, with Sergey sleeping int he work unit. 10 minutes later, SLB came along with the data to be checked. Sergey had to send them back 4 times due to mistakes as they were really tired; after that he told them to get some rest and it was agreed that paperwork etc would be sorted out later. Sergey started working with the data a little bit. After an hour of panic, he woke me up around 7.25 to come and help.
Basically the SLB engineers had made a mistake with their calibration and forgotten to apply a parameter to a curve, which means it was out by about 5m. The big worry was that this might have meant that all the XPT points had been taken in the wrong place...and $35,000 down the drain. Of course, we should have noticed the problem when accepting the data, but Sergey was just too tired and hadn't thought of comparing old and new curves (not a mistake we expect to happen, but isn't that the case with all major problems?).
We managed to contact the engineers via via, and they came back to see us and try to sort things out. They looked rather worried when they got back so I assume their manager had had a word! We managed to sort that, and a few other problems, out this morning and they have now left.
Yet again, I am completely knackered and not 100% satisfied, because something went a bit wrong-although not with the XPT this time at least :-)
Sergey has gone to bed already and I don't expect to see him before morning...he has the most fascinating effect on me when we are both tired and doing a night job. You can watch him physically fall apart as the night goes on, and I am convinced he has fallen asleep while standing before. He definitely has while reading out numbers to me!
Well funnily enough, the more tired he gets, the more bright and cheerful I get, which is rather surprising for me as I don't usually react well to sleep deprivation and would be more likely to try to lock him away in the sleeping caravan for lack of patience! It's almost like something is challenging me to resist, to keep going even though he is dropping like a fly.
I do hope Gilles is not reading this though as I suspect I might be doing quite a lot more night shifts in the future!!
Well anyway I have decided to stay up a little longer, and watch a film as my brain doesn't feel up to my book-although I am dying to find out the answer. I am currently reading Jeffrey Archer's False Impression ; it is the first time I read a book of his and I am really enjoying it.
Anyway, I'll just watch a mind-numbing (or is that a numb-minded) film and then go to bed. Hopefully that will kill my jetlag (yes, I am actually feeling that) as obvioulsy my recent patterns have done nothing to help...7.30 really did feel like 2.30 am this morning...
We finished at about 1.30am and after sending out some paperwork, Sergey, who was completely knackered, had a 2 1/2 hour sleep while I waited up for the engineers. Just before 4, I decided to go to bed for a bit, with Sergey sleeping int he work unit. 10 minutes later, SLB came along with the data to be checked. Sergey had to send them back 4 times due to mistakes as they were really tired; after that he told them to get some rest and it was agreed that paperwork etc would be sorted out later. Sergey started working with the data a little bit. After an hour of panic, he woke me up around 7.25 to come and help.Basically the SLB engineers had made a mistake with their calibration and forgotten to apply a parameter to a curve, which means it was out by about 5m. The big worry was that this might have meant that all the XPT points had been taken in the wrong place...and $35,000 down the drain. Of course, we should have noticed the problem when accepting the data, but Sergey was just too tired and hadn't thought of comparing old and new curves (not a mistake we expect to happen, but isn't that the case with all major problems?).
We managed to contact the engineers via via, and they came back to see us and try to sort things out. They looked rather worried when they got back so I assume their manager had had a word! We managed to sort that, and a few other problems, out this morning and they have now left.
Yet again, I am completely knackered and not 100% satisfied, because something went a bit wrong-although not with the XPT this time at least :-)
Sergey has gone to bed already and I don't expect to see him before morning...he has the most fascinating effect on me when we are both tired and doing a night job. You can watch him physically fall apart as the night goes on, and I am convinced he has fallen asleep while standing before. He definitely has while reading out numbers to me!
Well funnily enough, the more tired he gets, the more bright and cheerful I get, which is rather surprising for me as I don't usually react well to sleep deprivation and would be more likely to try to lock him away in the sleeping caravan for lack of patience! It's almost like something is challenging me to resist, to keep going even though he is dropping like a fly.
I do hope Gilles is not reading this though as I suspect I might be doing quite a lot more night shifts in the future!!
Well anyway I have decided to stay up a little longer, and watch a film as my brain doesn't feel up to my book-although I am dying to find out the answer. I am currently reading Jeffrey Archer's False Impression ; it is the first time I read a book of his and I am really enjoying it.
Anyway, I'll just watch a mind-numbing (or is that a numb-minded) film and then go to bed. Hopefully that will kill my jetlag (yes, I am actually feeling that) as obvioulsy my recent patterns have done nothing to help...7.30 really did feel like 2.30 am this morning...
2 comments:
I'm glad you're enjoying the Jeffrey Archer. I've got plenty more for you to read. They're in between Martin Amis and Artistophanes on the bookshelf...
Well I'm surprised you stoop so low to read Archer - contributing to the lifestyle of a liar and cheat - whatever merits he may have as an author ....
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