It's kind of a running joke when you work as a Drilling Engineer and the Directional Driller says they can't confirm their coordinates due to magnetic storms.
Negative - when directional drilling a well, a magnetic storm can actually cause you to lose signal and halt the entire drilling process. It's kind of a running joke when you work as a Drilling Engineer and the Directional Driller says they can't confirm their coordinates due to magnetic storms.
Off topic but whenever I see a blog with some 90s/2000s vibes, I always go to their first page of posts. Never disappoints to sneak a peak into that time capsule - including gwolf.org!
My understanding is that East California is like that too. Not sure the status as of today and if this is still permitted or not? Look up some images from LA in the early oil boom - crazy.
A typical "large" rig will need a 100m x 100m drill pad, roads to access which are often highly controlled during the design phase.
A drilling rig will remain on location for MAYBE 30-40 days if it is a deep well (2000m-7000m).
A completions rig (aka service rig) will come out afterwards to complete the well (install downhole equipment / frac / get the well ready for production).
Lease may be a bit bigger if large frac. Been a drilling engineer for 15+ years so haven't really seen too many fracs.