Day 42 (May 6th, 2009)

Hello.

No doubt that everyone is fine, I am very fine too.        

The drilling- today on 05thMay’09. As I reported early that Mr. Beda a senior driller from Mr. Wilson’s company, he came to Kondoa for the picking money for buying fuel, he picked the money around at 11:45a.m, my friends in Kondoa helped him to buy the fuel and finding the pickup car for the carrying the fuel to the project site.  By 02:52p.m we arrived at the project site, we didn’t start the drilling by then this due to bit rain at site which cause everybody escapade from the site. At 11:03p.m we started the drilling until 06:40p.m. The drilling method is Air hammer and we drill from the previous meters of 26 meters deep to 34.57 meters by 6 and half meters diameters. 

Hoping to continue the drilling tomorrow, even though the WELL its look as if had problems of the falling walls WELL into the WELL. This will be known tomorrow.

Much loves.....
Moshi R. Changai
PROJECT MANAGER
(In Country Representative)
CHEKU WATER PROJECT

Day 41 (May 5th, 2009)

Hello.

I am very fine and hoping that everyone is fine too.

Today on 4thMay’09- I and Mr. Bago we depart Kondoa town at 09:36a.m, as we agreed yesterday with Mr. Beda- a driller, he phoned us at 09:18a.m just about the rig problem were solved, asked us to go to the project site for the drilling. We arrived at project site at 10:38a.m, by 10:45a.m the drilling started by widened the hole from the 3 meters by diameters of “12 and half, they should drill deep down to 26 meters as Mr.Bago advised, the drill goes deep only of 13 meters instead.  Actual they didn’t success to drill by in large the WELL hole deep of 26meters due to lack of fuel (GAS).

Mr. Beda, a senior driller he should use a donkey cart as only means of transport for carrying the empty buckets to Kelema village where he supposed to wait for the public bus to kondoa.  Real they doesn’t a car for the site operation, since he required to be in kondoa before the time hours for the Bank closed, I and Mr. Bago we decided to give him our rented car. He left with our driver living us at the project site.

The time arrived in Kondoa still the Bank was open, he didn’t be able to get the money which sent by Mr. Wilson, in Kondoa no BARCLYS BANK, so the money were in Dodoma by then, final Mr. Wilson promised him tomorrow on 4thMay’09 he will send him money to NMB Bank in Kondoa.This the way Mr. Beda informed me the time I called to know what is going there. 

Mr. Beda will sleep in Kondoa town, in case will be true the money will sent an early as Mr. Wilson promised him, the money can be picked early, Mr. Beda can manage to buy the fuel early and go back to the project site for further drilling.

The Rig hasn’t problem, I don’t know tomorrow, by the time they was in large the hole everything was good.   In case there was no luck of fuel they should drill more.

Tomorrow hoping the drilling will go on, Mr. Bago told me that the way rig will have no problem we have to expect the drilling of 40 to 50 meters deep.

Much loves.....
Moshi R. Changai
PROJECT MANAGER
(In Country Representative)
CHEKU WATER PROJECT

Day 40 (May 4th, 2009)

Hello

Hoping that everyone is fine. I am very fine too.

Today on 3thMay’09 we left Kondoa at 07:00a.m, by 08:20a.m we arrived at the Cheku project site.

Refer my last email, official they drilled 26 meters deep and stopped there, they just waiting me and Mr. Bago  to arrive at project site for further drilling. I and Mr. Bago, we started to question Mr. Beda who is a senior driller, Mr.  Bago needed to know technician what cases type fitted? The diameter drilled? Type of rock found? Can he show us the sample collected? 

Mr. Beda- a senior driller and his colleagues – Tanzanian and the 2 Indian technicians decided to start the drilling. Mr. Beda told us he didn’t hear nothing from Mr. Wilson nor Mr. Toni about not to start the drilling without our presences. Yesterday the time Cheku Village Executive Officer flashed me and called him back and informed me about the drilling, by that time Mr. Bago phoned Mr. Wilson and told him about the situation was going on at the project site, Mr. Wilson stopped the drilling which was going on there. The time drillers asked to stop were reached the distance of 26 meters. Mr. Beda- a driller told us there are miscommunications between them.

The drilling- logical they drill by diameter of “12 and half for three meters deep. “8 diameters from the 3 meters deep to 26 meters deep. This means the WELL can be protected just three meters only, kind of this logical make easily the WELL collapse due decomposed rock from 3 meters to 26 meters, this can happen the time of drilling more meters from 26 meters, hemmer cause high pressure which can lead the WELL collapse or the time water found can cause the WELL walls to collapse and fall into the WELL.

The advice- Mr. Bago advised must the hole should in largely by 12 and half diameters from the bottom to 26 meters deep. After enlarging by that diameters working or temporary casing shall be driven to 26 meters to prevent collapsing the WELL and falling in the WELL sedimentary from the WELL walls.  Mr. Beda agreed the Mr. Bago’s advice.  From the Bago’s advice will enable the well to be protected.

The 2 Indian technicians- True I found the 2 technician, true that as I reported to you early what I heard real they speak a bit English.

Day of today- On 3th May’09 , no drill performed due to the Rig problem,  from the time we arrived water project site was no more drill. The exercise of fixing the rig was going on till mid afternoon. From that time the 2 Indian technicians stopped to work. Final they told me and Mr. Bago that “ YOU GO TOMORROW COME DRILLING” What we understood  I and Mr. Bago we can go back and come back to the water project site tomorrow for the drilling. I and Mr. Bago tomorrow we will call there before depart Kondoa.

The Rig- It doesn’t look as the Rig’s problem going to be a very seriously issue like the previous time. The big problem the technician was calling and given instruction by a unknown person by Indian language, we didn’t know what they was talking about. 

Much loves.....
Moshi R. Changai
PROJECT MANAGER
(In Country Representative)
CHEKU WATER PROJECT