Monday update

Wes Cowley | October 5, 2009

As of 5:30 PM in Honduras, the drill stem in still stuck in the hole. They are getting very little rotation because they are getting no circulation of air or anything through the plugged up drill stem. Tomorrow they are going to deattach the drill stem, send a half inch pipe down through the stem [...]

Sunday in Moroceli

Wes Cowley | October 4, 2009

Saturday as I said in my last post, the drilling crew pumped the mud out of the well. They had a problem at one time getting the mud out, but finally cleared the blockage, and continued. At about 160-170 feet going back in pumping the mud out, it looked as if there was some water [...]

Saturday Update

Wes Cowley | October 3, 2009

Well is at 210 feet as of yesterday afternoon. This morning, Saturday, October 3, they are going to pump the mud out of the well, dry it out, and go back in with the air hammer. Keep praying, I believe water is down there.

170 Feet and counting

Wes Cowley | October 1, 2009

Woke this morning to noisy rufous-naped wrens outside the window. For small birds they make a racket.. Left for Moroceli about 7:30 this morning (Thursday, Oct. 1) and arrived to find the rig idle. Water was the problem drilling for water. To back up a couple of days, when I got to Moroceli Monday, I [...]