Morning Gang! Today, yesterday, whatever, was a really cool day. In the morning before going to bed I like to run, workout, and take a walk around the helicopter deck. This morning as I started walking around the deck I noticed a large storm to our east blowing in from the continent and marveled at its beauty. It soon arrived and the winds were really picking up strong. three of us guys who were up walking decided that we should get off when they made an announcement that all lifting operations were to stop as the winds were getting stronger. Then it hit....
Several guys who have worked here for years all commented on how unusually this storm was. The winds were the strongest I have seen here. I heard that the rig clocked the winds at over 60 knots (70+mph). Then the rain started coming sideways and made for a really cool affect on the top of the waves as they mixed with the spray coming off the white cap waves.
The photo is from the back deck protected from the winds and rain. The waves here have been attenuated some from the leg of the tender, but the rain is still really cool.
On the drilling front we are plowing thought this section quickly with a stead rate of penetration of over 30 meter an hour. We should reach the section total depth sometime Wednesday. Then we pull all this pipe out of hole and we get ready for the next section of the well, while the rig crew puts the casing in place.
Rig life is rolling right along.
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