ENS 40365

v t e ENS Event
06:00 Nov 30, 2003
Title	Agreement State Report Regarding Well Logging Source Abandonment
Event Description	Texas Incident No.: I-8079 Event Report ID No.: 40365 Event location: Newfield Exploration Company Well: Cotton Whitehead 2501 Valverde County, Texas Notifications: Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Radiation Control; Texas Railroad Commission, NRC Operations Center; NMED; NRC Region IV Event description: Late Friday evening, November 28, 2003, a logging source string became stuck in the customer's well. After several fishing attempts without success, it was decided to abandon the sources downhole. The sources will be cemented in place with the top most point covered by a minimum of 100 feet of red dyed cement. A deflection device will be place above the source string. A plaque has been ordered for installation on the wellhead. The source string held three sources: one Am-241/Be source manufactured by NSSI, Model DA-5, Serial No 27942, with an activity of 4.5 curies; one Cs-137 source manufactured by AEA, Model CDC.CY4, Serial No. 2907GW, with an activity of 2 curies; and a second Cs-137 source, manufactured by Gammatron, Model GT-GHP, Serial No. Z-194, with an activity of 0.8 curie.

ENS 40365 +/-
Where
Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations Houston, Texas (NRC Region 4)
License number:	L00446-060
Organization:	Texas Department Of Health
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+34.7 h1.446 days <br />0.207 weeks <br />0.0475 months <br />)
Opened:	Jim Ogden 16:42 Dec 1, 2003
NRC Officer:	Jeff Rotton
Last Updated:	Dec 1, 2003
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