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Permalink Reply by Daryl on July 3, 2012 at 12:43

Sounds as though they are drilling the plugs out to allow flowback. The well will be producing after that.

Permalink Reply by Keith on July 3, 2012 at 13:52

I'm not up on shale completions but could this be a production packer or possibly a retrievable packer so they can have an independent barrier while changing the wellhead or something?

Permalink Reply by JRCFarms on July 5, 2012 at 0:54

The Drill crew sets a concrete plug when they reach the desired depth, this means they have completed drilling.
Then a completion crew comes in, drills thru the plug and sets the packers, which are basically plugs with holes in them where the tubing is attached to retrieve the gas, or oil. ,they are just completing the well is all.