ENS Event | |
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06:00 Oct 16, 2020 | |
| Title | Well Logging, Stuck Source |
| Event Description | The following information was received from the State of Kansas, Department of Health & Environment via email:
On 10/16/2020 Kansas licensee #27-B1008 ELI Wireline Services LLC was logging a gas storage well when the tool became stuck in 2 3/8" tubing at approximately 2100 feet from surface. Attempts to free the tool while still attached to the wireline were unsuccessful and the wireline was pulled resulting in the rope socket leaving the cable head, two weight bars, gamma ray neutron tool, and a 3 Curie AmBe-241 sealed source lodged inside the tubing. The licensee's attempts to retrieve the source have so far been unsuccessful, partly due to windy weather conditions and 1500 pounds of gas pressure on the well. The licensee contacted the state of Kansas on 10/21/2020 to report a stuck radioactive source downhole. The licensee made the decision to wait until spring when the field had less pressure and the weather was better to clean out the tubing to enable the fishing tool to reach the stuck logging tool. Kansas agreed with the delay on source recovery for better weather and required that a sign matching the requirements of K.A.R. 28-35-362 [with the exception of (2)(C) and (2)(H)(i)] be placed at the wellhead no later than December 24, 2020. At this time this incident is not considered an abandoned source, however, The state of Kansas determined that it was appropriate to go ahead and report to the HOO out of an abundance of caution in the event that the source is unable to be retrieved in the spring of 2021. |
| Where | |
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| Eli Wireline Services Llc Hays, Kansas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 27-B1008 |
| Organization: | Kansas Dept Of Health & Environment |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+1088.97 h45.374 days <br />6.482 weeks <br />1.492 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Aaron Short 15:58 Nov 30, 2020 |
| NRC Officer: | Solomon Sahle |
| Last Updated: | Nov 30, 2020 |
| 55013 - NRC Website | |
Eli Wireline Services Llc with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 550132020-10-16T06:00:00016 October 2020 06:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Well Logging, Stuck Source 2020-10-16T06:00:00 | |