spud date definition

spud date means the date a new well has spudded or the date when commencement of drilling operations has begun for the sidetracking of a wellbore or the commencement of actual operations on a well for a workover, completion or abandonment;
spud date means the date of first actual penetration of the earth with a drilling bit.
spud date means the day on which the main drill bit begins drilling a well.

More Definitions of spud date

spud date means the date upon which Re-Work activities are initiated on a specified well in a Tranche.
spud date means the firm date by which Company wants Contractor’s Items Drilling and Contrac- tor’s Personnel available to commence the drilling of a Well as set out in a Work Order in accordance with in Appendix A.
spud date means the date upon which actual drilling operations commence for a given well drilled hereunder.
spud date. , in relation to a well, means the date selected by the Oil and Gas Commission as the date on which the ground was first penetrated for the purposes of drilling the well;