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Table T9. Hammer drill drilling test data, Hole 1106A.

Time
(UTC)

Flow rate (gpm)

Pressure
(psi)

Weight
on bit
(lb)

Rotary
speed
(rpm)

Torque
(ft-lb)

Notes

1600

200

25




Off bottom


185

500





1605

200

550

10,000

10

2000



250

800

10,000-15,000

10




400





Heave off bottom


250

575

10,000-15,000

10

3000

Heave off bottom

1615

215

570

10,000-15,000

10


2 m of heave


250

760

10,000-15,000

10

4000

Heave off bottom


250

690

10,000-15,000

10

2500

Heave

1620

250

700

10,000-15,000

10

2500

Heave


250

750

10,000-15,000

10

7000

Heave

1625

250

800

10,000-15,000

10

5000

Heave

1626

260

800

10,000-15,000

10

2500

Heave, probably heaved out of hole


250

750

10,000-15,000

10

2500

0.5 m? penetration, heave


255

780

10,000-15,000

10

8000

Heave

1630

255

775

10,000-15,000

0

10,000

Relieve torque, rotation free


260

810

10,000-15,000

10

2500

Heave

1636

260

810

10,000-15,000

10

4000

Heave

1640

280

940

10,000-15,000

10

4000


1645






Stall still hammering, release torque, heave, stall, reduce wob.


275

930

10,000

10-40

5000-8000
Heave, start rotation

1650

280

920

10,000-15,000

10-40

2500-11000


300

1055

10,000-15,000

10-40

2500-11000

1655

325

1160

10,000-15,000

10-40

1000-8000

1700

325

1240

10,000-15,000

20-30

2500-5000


350

1400

10,000-15,000


10000

Stall







Heave free, stall, free

1705

350

1400



10000

Stall


350

1400

10,000-15,000


10000

Stall, slip stick torquing

1725

450





Hammer stopped - restart


350

1370

2500

20-50

12000

Stall, hammer quit

1730

400

1650




Stall


390

1600



8000

Stall, hammer open







Hammer slams into bottom several times


390

1650




Slip stick, stall, hammer running

1745






More of the same

1810

400

1685




Slip stick, heaving over 2 m

1815





11000

Sticking




10,000-15,000


11000

Stick, slip, sticking





0-60


Sticking more than rotating, running rough

1845





0-11000
Sticking

1855






Yellow alert


395

1595

10,000-15,000




1900

400

1650

10,000-15,000



Running smoother without stalling

1915

400

1645




Smoothing out without heaves, ~1.5-2 m penetration

1935

400

680




Appears valve may have cracked again, loss of pressure

1940






Try other mid pump to confirm not surface-related problem

1945

300

500




Pull out of hole to repair hammer

2245






All TC buttons on arms except the last trailing buttons are gone

Notes: Water depth = 740 mbrf; bit = Holte concentric.

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