Wellsite Equipment Check-list
Equipment for Geological Wellsite Supervision
A check-list of equipment needed for geological wellsite supervision: PPE, transportation, computer, cuttings examination gear, sample washing tools, software, other requirements
PPE
Personal Protective Equipment will be worn at all times in or around drilling and service rigs.
- Body and skin protection: fire retardant coverall (Nomex or equivalent) with reflective stripes.
- Head protection: top impact hard hat (safety helmet) with inside suspension system, type I (full brim), class B (impact and electric shock protection).
- Foot protection: Steel toed boots, for winter work use extreme cold steel toed winter boots
- Eye protection: safety glasses/goggles
- Hands protection: rubber lined gloves for work with oil based products
Basic Equipment
- Transportation: A reliable 4 wheel drive truck or SUV
- Computer: Sturdy laptop computer; As striplog software is mostly designed for Windows platforms, a PC is required. Additional flatscreen monitor recommended.
- Communication: Cell phone with good reception in remote areas.
- Household items: Bedding, cutlery, cooking utensils (Accommodation at rigs includes many amenities, but no personal items).
Cuttings Examination Equipment
- Microscope: binocular (or trinocular) with 40 to 80 magnifying power, preferably with continuous zoom, also reliable and powerful light source (quartz light or LED light ring);
- Fluoroscope: black light box;
- Chemicals: Hydrochloric acid (10%), Triclorethilene or Acetone, Alizarin Red, Barium Chloride, etc, (see MSDS);
- Probes, tweezers, glass rods
- Examination plates: spot plates (glass or porcelain), trays, watch glass, comparison trays;
- Hot plate;
- Scale: for sieve analyses/granulometry.
Sample Washing Equipment
- Sieves: separation sieves (8 to 20 mesh), retainer sieves (80 to 100 mesh), plastic, brass or stainless steel
- Pressure nozzle, hose and adaptors for washing, see sample washing techniques.
- Wet vacuum: shop vac for drying samples, with hoses and adaptor cup
- Comparison trays for sorting, storing and examining cuttings
- Protective equipment: Gloves, apron, goggles, respirator mask
- Core plugs examination: Hammer, magnifying glass
Software
Other Equipment
- Other Software
- Email client software such as Thunderbird, Windows Live Mail, Opera Mail or equivalent;
- Log or metafile viewers for wireline logs (Schlumberger, Baker, Weatherford)
- PDF printer such as Abobe pdf, Cute pdf, doPDF, Bullzip PDF Writer, PDFCreator, PrimoPDF, TinyPDF, etc
- Geosteering Software such as StarSteer, WellDirect, SES
- Communication:
- cell signal booster equipment is also needed at certain jobs
- Two way radios are required in some areas.
- Digital photos are required at some jobs:
- Dedicated digital microscope camera for cuttings pictures or
- Point and shoot digital camera with ocular adaptor or
- SRL digital camera with trinocular adaptor
Other Requirements
- Safety Tickets: Wellsite geologists are required to have the following tickets: H2S Alive, Fists Aid/CPR, WHMIS, TDG. Some operators also require Defensive Driving, Pre-access drug screening and other safety courses. (see also Safety and training courses);
- WCB clearance for the province where the work is performed;
- Vehicle insurance ($2,000,000 minimum)