I have been following the Shell Canada offshore project for several weeks and it has been slow going, and now we know why.
CBC national news is reporting the drillship lost over 2 km of what they call 'pipe'. CBC may mean the riser rather than the pipe in the hole, the ship is drilling in 2,143 metres of water.
The CNOSPB weekly drilling reports show the following :
January 6 5510 m
January 13 5725 m
January 20 5725 m
January 27 5728 m
February 3 5805 m
February 10 6085 m
February 17 6085 m
February 24 6461 m
March 2 6672 m
http://www.cnsopb.ns.ca/offshore-act...tivity-reports
The lack of progress from January 13 - 27 may have been caused by adverse weather, drilling problems or testing. Last night I considered emailing CNSOPB to ask if winter weather had caused delays or forced the ship off the hole.
Amazing that the metro media never follow events which are out of sight.