Volume 24-25, 1976-7 - The Arctic Circle - Home

PAG 5in late sr-rrrner of L916. Ttre t"vo dt,ill*ships nxrved onto the well-sitesand connenced drilling in ear:l-rr AucJirst.Done Gulf et aI. Tingmiark K-91 was spudded on August 9, l-976 andreached a totaT depth of lo,Olo feet before drilling was restricted bytkre Septenrber 15 tfure ljmit placed on drilling by the federal governnent.Ttris well hit a Srctential gas reserr/oir at approximately IO,OOO feetbelow sea level-. There was not enough tine renaining before freeze-upto evaluate it fully and Dcnre proceeded to secure the well and suspenCoperations. An unfortunate incident occurred aboard Canmar Fxplorer Ion October 12 when an explosion on board resulted in the death of one ofttre drilling personnel. Cause of the accident has yet to be determinedand official investigations are being carried out by DIAM and the RO4P.Carunar Dt swner.