Drilling observations

Observations collected during drilling, outside of standard records Drilling bits, Drilling methods, Drilling fluids, Drilling casings, Drilling stages, Water levels, Lithology.

Creating drilling observations record

To create a new record of Drilling Observations see Creating a record.

Representing drilling observations

(1) Select a Drilling Observations record (e.g. F1)

(2) Select the Tracks template to complete (e.g. DOCUMENTATION)

(3) Select Drilling Observations in Tracks list

(4) Click to add Drilling Observations track

(5) The track Drilling Observations is displayed

(6) Click Save to save changes to the current model

Entering drilling observations

(1) Place the cursor at the right end of Drilling Observations track header. Click

The form Drilling Observations allows the creation of a stack of layers. Each layer defines a particular drilling observation.

Creating a drilling observation

(1) Click Add a layer to create a new layer

(2) Change the Bottom Depth of the layer (e.g. 5 m)

(3) Enter the Observation of the layer (e.g. Passage decompressed)

(4) The observation is displayed in the layer

Editing a drilling observation

(1) Click the layer to modify

(2) Modify the characteristics of the drilling observation

Inserting a drilling observation

(1) Select the layer above which you want to insert a new layer

(2) Click Insert a layer

(3) A new layer is inserted into the upper half of the initial layer

(4) Enter information of the inserted layer

Deleting a drilling observation

(1) Click the layer to remove

(2) Click Delete the layer

Saving drilling observations

Drilling observations are automatically saved when you click outside of the form.