the next phase, page-33

I've missed where the 'mud' story started, so will suppose the volume of talk around it stamps its validity. It'd be nice to know how much mud is being asked for, to be able to get some determination of pore pressures.

This from wiki...

"Mud weight and pore pressure

The mud weight needed to control a well reflects pore pressure of any permeable formations drilled. To control a well, operators generally use a mud weight that will exert a pressure close to the expected pore pressure. When drilling mud kicks or blows out, the pressure from the mud is less than, but usually close to, pore pressure.
Calculating pressure from mud weight

When the drilling mud kicks or blows out, pore pressure can be calculated by using the following formula:

For example, if a 7500-ft-deep hole contains mud with a weight of 10.5 ppg, then the pore pressure at the bottom of the hole is 4095 psi or more..."

http://wiki.aapg.org/Pressure_prediction:_analysis_of_mud_weights
(Apologies if posted earlier)

Entirely out of my depth advancing or contributing to discussion here (but reading it all, and trying very very hard to understand).

Really, at this point in time just maintaining faith in the team to tweak their way to our success.

Good luck to all.