A new Rig and A new place. Yet again moving rigs. So fun fact in 1883 when they set up the time zones they used the river as the dividing line. I’m now working south of the Little Missouri River. You would think that means I’m in Mountain Time Zone but no! This rig is so close to the river and the office is in Texas so this Rig is working on Central Time. Nothing wrong with that if you stay on the rig or go to town north of the rig but if you go to Dickinson to get groceries or see a movie or the doctors you better make sure you have the right time!
New Rig also means a different way of doing things. This rig is batch drilling 4 holes. What that means is they drill the top part and the curve and then move on to the next hole and come back later for the Horizontal. In between the wells they walk the rig from one hole to the next. Takes a few hours to walk the rig. Between the casing and walking and the drilling of the very top part of the hole it makes for a few days off for us!
With my few days of limited freedom I went on a wild goose chase of an adventure! And I found what I was looking for: The Geographical Center of North America! It’s a small monument at the cross roads in Rugby, ND.
1000 miles from everywhere. 1100 miles to the coast in Washington and 1500 miles to the coast in Maine.
In short miles from everywhere! But I get to add another pin to the map as it were. I have been to the end of the land in the Arctic Circle, the prime meridian, and now the middle of the continent. Where will I go next!?
