ENS 41419

v t e ENS Event
20:20 Feb 18, 2005
Title	Agreement State Report - Stuck Well Logging Source
Event Description	Today at 1520 EST Schlumberger out of Houston office notified Kentucky Dept. of Radiation Control of the following event. Equitable Production Co. (main office located somewhere in Kentucky) has a stuck well logging source tool. Sometime in the last week the well logging source became stuck at which time the State of Kentucky should have been notified. When trying to retrieve the well logging source the well logging source was broken in half (located in Knott County, Eastern Kentucky). The upper portion of the well logging source containing the americium-241 portion of the well logging was retrieved, no contamination. The top of the stuck well logging tool is at an estimated depth of 3454 feet and the top the cesium-137, 1.7 curies, is at a depth of 3460 feet. According to the State of Kentucky Radiation Control Officer, the 3454 foot depth is vertical depth and there is no contamination or ruptured sources. Plugging well: Will do a 500 foot pour on top the of the stuck well logging source and then place a wipstock on top of the plug. A State of Kentucky Dept. of Radiation Control person will be present when the well is plugged.

ENS 41419 +/-
Where
Equitable Production Co. Kentucky (NRC Region 1)
License number:	KY 201-027-56
Organization:	Kentucky Dept Of Radiation Control
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-4.77 h-0.199 days <br />-0.0284 weeks <br />-0.00653 months <br />)
Opened:	Robert Gresham 15:34 Feb 18, 2005
NRC Officer:	John Mackinnon
Last Updated:	Feb 18, 2005
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