Who Knew Wind Could Be So Expensive?

Early this morning we had to stop drilling 500 feet before the end of the current hole section because we ran out of mud. Due to weight restrictions, we could only keep a certain amount of mud on the rig at any time, and despite their best calculations apparently the estimated amount of mud deemed to be sufficient fell short of the mark. There are numerous barges anchored within a few hundred meters radius of the rig which serve as storage for various supplies we cannot keep on deck, and one of these boats had our hoard of mud. BUT!!! The winds were too high and the seas were too rough to get the boats close enough for offloading!

We spent 12 hours essentially twiddling our collective thumbs waiting for the weather to calm enough to make the mud obtainable. Approximate cost in downtime: $500,000.00.

So naturally there has been a fair amount of rocking back and forth with the surf. This rig has a gym (yay!), so I decided to take advantage of it this afternoon and went for a jog on the treadmill. After I got off I had that strange feeling you sometimes get after the treadmill where it still feels like your surroundings are moving. Then I sat down and I realized the room was moving! The entire rig, of course, was heaving from the waves.