Alternate Site Plan and Time Estimate | Table of Contents
PRELIMINARY OPERATIONS PLAN AND TIME ESTIMATE
Site | Location | Water | Operations Description | Transit | Drilling | Logging | Total | |
No. | Lat/Long | Depth | [hrs] | (days) | (days) | (days) | On-site | |
PRIMARY SITES: | ||||||||
Yokohama | 36°00.0'N | Transit ~977 nmi from Yokohama to WP-2A @ 10.5 kt | [93.0] | 3.9 | ||||
139°48.0'E | ||||||||
WP-2A | 41°04.793'N | 5548m | A: APC/XCB to ~510 mbsf (10 m into basement contact ?) | [141.5] | 5.9 | 0.0 | 5.9 | |
159°57.789'E | plus jet-in test for reentry cone emplacement in "C" hole | |||||||
B: Drill ahead to ~480 mbsf (~30 m above TD of XCB hole), recover | 5.4 | 1.0 | 6.4 | |||||
ctr bit, RCB core to ~600 mbsf (~100 m into basement) | [129.1] | |||||||
wireline log (1-triple combo and 2-FMS-sonic runs) | [23.0] | |||||||
C: Deploy reentry cone w/~60 m 16" csg, drill 14-3/4" hole | [250.3] | 13.8 | 0.0 | 13.8 | ||||
to ~550 mbsf, cement csg shoe at ~535 mbsf, drill out shoe, | ||||||||
drill 9-7/8" hole to ~600 mbsf | ||||||||
Deploy instrument pkg on 4-1/2" csg, cement in open | [80.0] | |||||||
hole below casing shoe and deploy battery package | ||||||||
Total days on-site: | 26.1 | |||||||
Transit ~537 nmi f/WP-2A to SR-1 (HRRS test site) @ 10.5 kt | [51.1] | 2.1 | ||||||
SR-1 | 32°48.220'N | 2060m | 12.5 | 12.5 | ||||
(HRRS) | 158°20.370'E | A: "Dual cam" bit spud testing and crew training (U/R style) | [48.0] | |||||
B: "3 level bit" spud testing and crew training (U/R style) | [48.0] | |||||||
C: Hammer csg test (12-1/4" ring bit/~20 m 13-3/8" csg), FFF | [48.0] | |||||||
D: Hammer csg test (12-1/4" ring bit/~35 m 13-3/8" csg), FFF | [60.0] | |||||||
E: Hammer csg test (11-3/4" ring bit/~50 m 13-3/8" csg), FFF, | ||||||||
185 hammer drill test (TD depth TBD), | [96.0] | |||||||
Transit 15-20 nmi from SR-1 to SR-3 (HYACE test site) | [2.5] | 0.10 | ||||||
SR-3 | TBD | 2500 | A: HYACE testing in a dedicated hole | [69.5] | 2.9 | 2.9 | ||
HYACE | TBD | NDT inspect BHA, layout drill collars, secure for transit | ||||||
Total days on-site: | 15.4 | |||||||
Guam | 13°20.00'N | Transit ~1370 nmi from SR-1 to Guam @ 10.5 kt | [130.5] | 5.4 | ||||
144°30.00'E | ||||||||
Port call days: | 5.0 | 11.5 | 40.5 | 1.0 | 41.5 | |||
NOTE: Total includes port days. | TOTAL | DAYS: | 58.0 |
Revised 23 March 2000 M. A. Storms