Daily operational and science reports for UT-GOM2-2 Coring Expedition at Terrebonne Basin, Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Slope. See also our Expedition Blog and Photo Gallery.
Week 1 (July 30 – Aug. 5)
Sunday, July 30, 2023 | PDF
Start date and mobilization.
Monday, July 31, 2023 | PDF
Continued mobilization.
Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023 | PDF
Mobilization and transit complete, ROVs launched.
Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023 | PDF
Began marking location of wells.
Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023 | PDF
PCTB Testing.
Friday, Aug. 4, 2023 | PDF (rev. 1)
H003 Spud, APC coring, BSEE visit.
Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023 | PDF
APC and PCTB coring.
Week 2 (Aug. 6 – Aug. 12)
Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023 | PDF
Wireline delay.
Monday, Aug. 7, 2023 | PDF
APC and PCTB coring.
Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023 | PDF
APC and PCTB coring.
Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023 | PDF
APC and PCTB coring.
Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023 | PDF
TDS Blower motor delay.
Friday, Aug. 11, 2023 | PDF
TDS Blower motor delay.
Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023 | PDF
TDS Blower motor delay.
Week 3 (Aug. 13 – Aug. 19)
Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023 | PDF (rev. 2)
TDS Blower motor delay.
Monday, Aug. 14, 2023 | PDF
XCB and PCTB coring.
Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023 | PDF
PCTB coring, gyro, and H003 P&A.
Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023 | PDF
H002 Spud.
Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023 | PDF
Drilling and Gyro.
Friday, Aug. 18, 2023 | PDF
Drilling and Gyro.
Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023 | PDF
Drilling.
Week 4 (Aug. 20 – Aug. 26)
Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023 | PDF
Drilling and Gyro. PCTB coring.
Monday, Aug. 21, 2023 | PDF
PCTB jammed, wireline severed, weather.
Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023 | PDF
Swap BHA.
Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023 | PDF
Re-entry, PCTB coring.
Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023 | PDF
PCTB coring.
Friday, Aug. 25, 2023 | PDF
PCTB coring, Orange Sand Coring Campaign completed.
Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023 | PDF
PCTB coring.
Week 5 (Aug. 27 – Sept. 1)
Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023 | PDF
Coring completed. Stuck BHA.
Monday, Aug. 28, 2023 | PDF
Recovered BHA. Orange Sand Coring Campaign review.
Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023 | PDF
Cementing. Coring operation review and prelim results.
Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023 | PDF
Cementing. Start demobilization.
Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023 | PDF
Demobilization.
Friday, Sept. 1, 2023 | PDF
End demobilization and UT Austin offshore project.
Week 6-9 (Sept. 2 – Sept. 28)
Sept. 2 – Sept. 17, 2023 | PDF
Offloading, core and samples distributed, Salt Lake City remobilization begins.
Sept. 18 – Sept. 20, 2023 | PDF
Begin core splitting, logging, describing, and sampling.
Sept. 21 – Sept. 23, 2023 | PDF
Sample squeezing, magnetic susceptibility scanning, all conventional cores processed.
Sept. 24 – Sept. 28, 2023 | PDF
Final daily report: Microbiology, core processing, end of onshore mobilization.