RE: Count downHi payt: IMO there would be a number of inspections and hurdles and posted that information a number of days ago in a reply to namada pasted below.
I am having trouble accessing the 'new Beta Stockhouse' and presently using the www.stockhouse.ca so the format below will change, but the message remains the same........
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Hi namada: 10 days to assemble the rig, and anywhere between 30-80 days to drill the well, and possible laterals.
If all things go as planned, the rebuilding of the rig can start when some of the cranes arrive on site. Some trucks may have sets of gin poles, and they can do a lot of the short heavy lifting and get a good start. There will a lot of 'parts and pieces', and if there like any other rig move I have seen, there will be a few smaller pieces on the road between Alberta and Newfoundland that may stall the progress. A lot depends on how well it was loaded and sniped down onto the trailers, and how many chains and boomer snapped or shifted on the way across the country.
First of all they will need to ensure that there is enough shelter and meal arrangements for the workers and specialty service technicians such as the cementers and pipe wranglers.
They will need at least one vacuum truck during the drilling, and one or more 100 bbl water haulers for the mud mixing and cementing of the pipe. Other services such as a backhoe and tandem truck will be needed, and also a wheeled loader such as a 966 Caterpillar expedites movement material and rig components, also solids waste bin(s).
The time line to assemble the rig may take up to 10 days, because the rig had to be broken down to so many parts and pieces. Other delays can occur during the certification and inspection, by the Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board (CNOBL), depending on the classification of onshore to offshore drilling requirements. It is possible other stakeholders, NGO's and Gov't Dept such as the following could have something to say about a large drilling rig before or after arriving from Alberta and prior to drilling:
Worker and Company Representatives,
Local and Regional Emergency Planning Representatives,
NL Department of Natural Resources,
NL Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission,
NL Dept. of Government Services (OHS Inspections Division),
NL Department of Labour
Regardzzz.................Barrhead