Comments on: Automated system provides well control for extreme drilling environments, enhances MPD /automated-system-provides-well-control-for-extreme-drilling-environments-enhances-mpd-2252 Get the latest oil drilling news with Èý•NÌåÓý Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:24:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 By: Nanette Anslinger /automated-system-provides-well-control-for-extreme-drilling-environments-enhances-mpd-2252#comment-12 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:13:42 +0000 https://live-drillingcontractor-org.pantheonsite.io/?p=2252#comment-12 Dear sir,
After our residential well ran nearly dry, we had a new well drilled last week. At 500′ drillers hit an artesian spring and we now have plenty of water. However, water continues to trickle into the yard from underneath the capped 6″ pipe. A temporary solution the driller suggested is to let the water run as much as possible.
Although this seems too much like “wasting water”, we’ve complied, and, after attaching a hose to an outdoor faucet, have let the water drain into the nearby woods at night. We shut off the faucet in the daytime and use water as usual, but, by nightfall, the trickle begins again and we have to reopen the outdoor faucet for drainage. We’ve followed this procedure for five days and are seeking a permanent solution to the problem.
The driller has been searching for some kind of cap that will seal the well pipe completely and without the possibility of too much pressure build-up. We’ve already spent quite a lot of money on this project, so need a reasonably priced cap in order that the job can be completed. Also, living in central Pennsylvania as we do, we can’t continue to let excess water flow through an outdoor hose for much longer.
Can you suggest a cap that would solve this problem and a manufacturer where such a cap could be purchased?
Thank you for your expert advise in this matter. I would be most grateful for an expeditious reply.

Sincerely, Nanette Anslinger
ph. – 814-946-4848

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