Charles Robertson, a floor hand with Trinidad Drilling, jokes with a coworker while moving casing on a rack near Trinidad Drilling Rig 433 on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Trinidad Rig 433 on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
TJ Pfannenstiel, drilling foreman on Trinidad Rig 433, monitors operations as casing is put downhole Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Floor hands put casing downhole on Trinidad Drilling Rig 433 on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Noe Olvera connects a section of casing on the floor of Trinidad Rig 433 on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Casing is put downhole on Trinidad Rig 433 on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Casing on racks near Trinidad Rig 433 on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Noe Olvera knocks off a thread protector from a section of casing on the floor of Trinidad Rig 433 on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Casing is put downhole on Trinidad Rig 433 on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Noe Olvera stands back as the boom lifts a section of casing over the floor of Trinidad Rig 433 on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Noe Olvera connects a section of casing on the floor of Trinidad Rig 433 on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Noe Olvera, left, and Kevin Giddings, right, add a section of casing down a vertical well on the floor of Trinidad Rig 433 on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Casing is put downhole on Trinidad Rig 433 in a composite panorama image created by combining multiple exposures, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Midland County. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
