Deep Well Drilling and Completion

General discussion of the problems encountered during the drilling and completion of the world's deepest commercial producer, Wasples-Platter No. 1, located in the Hamon (Ellenberger) Field, Reeves County, Texas. This discussion is followed by a brief resume of changes in operational procedures that have been utilized during the current drilling of the two offset wells in an attempt to reduce the magnitude of the problems of the discovery well.