Deposition Testimony of: Robert Bodek - Broadcast Interactive Media

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09 which -- at what depth or what age we're -- 10 we're drilling in. 11 Q. Okay. 12 A. And we also have an individual 13 that does shallow hazard mapping. So the 14 top few thousand feet of -- of section to 15 be drilled, he will -- this -- this fellow 16 here, Craig Scherschel, will analyze the 17 area right below -- right above a prospect 18 for any potential problems that he -- he 19 foresees. Page 110:22 to 111:01 00110:22 Q. Right. 23 A. So my team, the Tiger Team is 24 not -- not concerned with -- with -- not 25 wholly concerned with personnel issues on 00111:01 the rig. Page 111:20 to 112:02 00111:20 Q. Let's go to Tab 5. This is an 21 e-mail that you wrote October the 21st. 22 It's entitled Macondo well flow event. 23 You-all had a well flow 24 event in the middle of October of 2009 that 25 you analyzed; is that right? 00112:01 A. Could I have a -- just a moment 02 to look at this e-mail string? Page 112:13 to 113:01 00112:13 Q. The subject matter of your 14 e-mail is Macondo well flow event, right? 15 A. Yes, sir. 16 Q. You write, I agree. It seems 17 like we're tip-toeing the underbalanced 18 line at a 9.0 to a 9.2? 19 A. Uh-huh. 20 Q. What is an underbalanced line? 21 A. I take that as the -- the 22 estimated pore pressure at -- at that 23 depth. 24 Q. Okay. Underbalanced. When a 25 well becomes underbalanced, can the well 00113:01 flow? Page 113:04 to 116:01 00113:04 A. It can. 05 Q. When you were underbalanced, you 06 can have a well flow event, right? 27
07 A. It's possible you can. 08 Q. It seems like we're tip-toeing 09 the underbalanced line at a 9.0 to a 9.2. 10 A 9.0 to a 9.2 refers to 11 the hydrostatic mud weight, right? 12 A. Yes. I believe that's what I 13 was referring to. 14 Q. When we circulated out the 15 cuttings after total depth and our ECDs 16 dropped, we saw a bit of flow. 17 What's an ECD? 18 A. Equivalent circulating density. 19 Q. And after the ECD is dropped, we 20 saw a bit of flow. If the pore pressure 21 was a 9.9 EMW -- 22 What is EMW? 23 A. Equivalent mud weight. 24 Q. If the pore pressure was a 9.9 25 equivalent mud weight, you'd think we'd 00114:01 have an underwater old faithful? 02 A. Yeah. 03 Q. In terms of underwater old 04 faithful, are you saying that that would be 05 the result of fracturing the formation? Is 06 that what you're referring to here? 07 A. No. 08 Q. What are you referring to when 09 you say you'd have an underwater old 10 faithful? 11 A. We are in open water section 12 here, not risered up at this point. So we 13 have -- we've set the -- the surface 14 casings. So when we're drilling, we're 15 drilling with seawater, and then we're 16 drilling with -- with water-based mud. And 17 as we're pulling down, the returns are 18 coming back to the seabed. So we're 19 drilling with -- so typically, when we have 20 a flow at that depth, it's water. 21 So what I'm referring to is 22 when you have -- when we're drilling the 23 open water section, we'll have an ROV down 24 next to the wellhead, and we're trying to 25 look at the wellhead on connection to see 00115:01 if there's any flow. We don't want flow 02 because it has -- that -- that -- in the 03 open water section, a water flow has 04 implications of the stability of -- of the 05 casing string that are, essentially, at 06 this point, sitting in less than 07 consolidated shallow sediments. 08 Q. Sure. 09 A. So we're trying to -- we're 10 trying to -- trying to combat what we think 11 is the incipient onset of pore pressure 28
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Page 3 and 4: 20 A. I had a small internship 21 p
Page 5 and 6: 19 Q. Okay. And when you say 20 pro
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10 says. 11 Q. Now, on the 29th Mr.
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06 A. CMR tuning. 07 Q. I'm sorry.
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