Site WP-1B Summary | Table of Contents
Operations Plan and Time Estimate | |||||||
Site | Location | Water | Operations Description | Transit | Drilling | Logging | Total |
No. | Depth | On-site | |||||
(Lat/Long) | (mbrf) | (mbsf) | (days) | (days) | (days) | (days) | |
Guam | 13.27° N, 144.38° E | Transit f/Apra Harbor, Guam to WP-1B, ~664 nmi @ 10.5 kt [62.2 hr] | 2.60 | ||||
(Note: Clocks retarded 1 hour during transit) | |||||||
WP-1B | 19°17.85'N | 5658 | Hole A: APC/XCB to ~380 mbsf (basement contact) [101.0 hrs] | 4.2 | 26.0 | ||
135°5.95'E | plug hole with cement then, after clearing sea floor, | ||||||
conduct jet-in test for Hole C reentry cone installation | |||||||
APC Core orientation, ~5 ea Adara temperature measurements | |||||||
Hole B: Drill w/RCB c'bit to ~360 mbsf [120.2] | 5.0 | 1.6 | |||||
Core w/RCB to ~470 mbsf, release bit w/MBR | |||||||
Wireline logging to include: rig-up, triple combo, FMS-sonic | |||||||
(2-passes in basement), DLL, UBI, and rig-down [38.0 hrs] | |||||||
Hole C: Set reentry cone, jet-in 60m 16" casing [365.5 hrs] | 15.2 | ||||||
Drill to ~425 mbsf w/14-3/4" tricone bit | |||||||
Set and cement ~410 m of 10-3/4" 54 lb/ft casing | |||||||
Drill ahead to ~470 mbsf w/9-7/8" tricone bit | |||||||
Deploy/cement seismometer instrument pkg @ ~460 mbsf | |||||||
Deploy and release from battery platform | |||||||
Hole D: Should operations in holes A thru C be completed ahead of | TBD | ||||||
schedule, there is interest in drilling a second APC/XCB(?) | |||||||
hole with any remaining time. | |||||||
Note: At the time of this writing, the end port in Chinese Taipai was | |||||||
still under evaluation. Keelung has been requested as the end port | |||||||
for PR purposes. This is currently under review. This time estimate | |||||||
and operating plan assumes Keelung as the end port, however | |||||||
the initial port, Kao-hsuing is also shown for information only. | |||||||
Kao-hsiung | 22.36°N, 120.17°E | Transit f/ WP-1B to Kao-hsiung, Taiwan, ~876 nmi @ 10.2 kt [84.9 hrs] | (3.54) | ||||
or Keelung | 25.09°N, 121.44°E | Transit f/ WP-1B to Keelung, Taiwan, ~826 nmi @ 10.2 kt [80.0 hrs] | 3.33 | ||||
(Port for Taipei) | (Note: Clocks retarded 1 hour during transit) | ||||||
SUBTOTAL: | 5.9 | 24.5 | 1.6 | 26.0 | |||
TOTAL OPERATING DAYS (Including 5 day port call): | 37.0 |