
Expedition UT-GOM2-1 of the vessel Helix Q-4000 from Brownsville, TX (USA), to Port Fourchon, LA (USA).
Sites GC 955 H002 (API # 608114068600) and GC 955 H005 (API # 608114068700).
2-May-2017 to 24-May-2017
Volume Authorship
Flemings, P.B., Phillips, S.C, Collett, T., Cook, A., Boswell, R., and the UT-GOM2-1 Expedition Scientists1
https://ig.utexas.edu/energy/genesis-of-methane-hydrate-in-coarse-grained-systems/expedition-ut-gom2-1/expedition-scientists
Publisher’s Notes
This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-FE0023919
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Volume Reference and DOI
Flemings, P.B., Phillips, S.C, Collett, T., Cook, A., Boswell, R., and the UT-GOM2-1 Expedition Scientists, Proceedings of the UT-GOM2-1 Hydrate Pressure Coring Expedition, Austin, TX (University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, TX), https://doi.org/10.2172/1646019
Expedition Report Prospectus
SCIENTIFIC PROSPECTUS | PDF
Flemings, P.B., Boswell, R., Collett, T.S., Cook, A. E., Divins, D., Frye, M., Guerin, G., Goldberg, D.S., Malinverno, A., Meazell, K., Morrison, J., Pettigrew, T., Philips, S.C., Santra, M., Sawyer, D., Shedd, W., Thomas, C., You, K. GOM2: Prospecting, Drilling and Sampling Coarse-Grained Hydrate Reservoirs in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Proceeding of ICGH-9. Denver, Colorado: ICGH, 2017. http://www-udc.ig.utexas.edu/gom2/UT-GOM2-1%20Prospectus.pdf
Expedition Report Chapters
1. EXPEDITION SUMMARY | PDF
Flemings, P.B., Phillips, S.C, Collett, T., Cook, A., Boswell, R., and the UT-GOM2-1 Expedition Scientists, 2018. UT-GOM2-1 Hydrate Pressure Coring Expedition Summary. In Flemings, P.B., Phillips, S.C, Collett, T., Cook, A., Boswell, R., and the UT-GOM2-1 Expedition Scientists, Proceedings of the UT-GOM2-1 Hydrate Pressure Coring Expedition, Austin, TX (University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, TX). https://doi.org/10.2172/1647223
2. METHODS | PDF
Flemings, P.B., Phillips, S.C, Collett, T., Cook, A., Boswell, R., and the UT-GOM2-1 Expedition Scientists, 2018. UT-GOM2-1 Hydrate Pressure Coring Expedition Methods. In Flemings, P.B., Phillips, S.C, Collett, T., Cook, A., Boswell, R., and the UT-GOM2-1 Expedition Scientists, Proceedings of the UT-GOM2-1 Hydrate Pressure Coring Expedition: Austin, TX (University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, TX). https://doi.org/10.2172/1647226
3. H002 | PDF
Flemings, P.B., Phillips, S.C, Collett, T., Cook, A., Boswell, R., and the UT-GOM2-1 Expedition Scientists, 2018. UT-GOM2-1 Hydrate Pressure Coring Expedition Hole GC 955 H002. In Flemings, P.B., Phillips, S.C, Collett, T., Cook, A., Boswell, R., and the UT-GOM2-1 Expedition Scientists, Proceedings of the UT-GOM2-1 Hydrate Pressure Coring Expedition: Austin, TX (University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, TX). https://doi.org/10.2172/1648313
4. H005 | PDF
Flemings, P.B., Phillips, S.C, Collett, T., Cook, A., Boswell, R., and the UT-GOM2-1 Expedition Scientists, 2018. UT-GOM2-1 Hydrate Pressure Coring Expedition Hole GC 955 H005. In Flemings, P.B., Phillips, S.C, Collett, T., Cook, A., Boswell, R., and the UT-GOM2-1 Expedition Scientists, Proceedings of the UT-GOM2-1 Hydrate Pressure Coring Expedition: Austin, TX (University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, TX). https://doi.org/10.2172/1648318
Expedition Research Results
Data Report: High-Resolution Microscopy Images of Sediments from Green Canyon Block 955, Gulf of Mexico
Heber, R., Cook, A., Sheets, J., Sawyer, 2020. Data Report: High-Resolution Microscopy Images of Sediments from Green Canyon Block 955, Gulf of Mexico. In Flemings, P.B., Phillips, S.C, Collett, T., Cook, A., Boswell, R., and the UT-GOM2-1 Expedition Scientists, Proceedings of the UT-GOM2-1 Hydrate Pressure Coring Expedition: Austin, TX (University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, TX). https://doi.org/10.2172/1648312, 6 p.
Data Report: X-Ray Diffraction of Sediments from Green Canyon Block 955, Gulf of Mexico
Heber, R., Cook, A., Sheets, J., and Sawyer, D., 2020. Data Report: X-Ray Diffraction of Sediments from Green Canyon Block 955, Gulf of Mexico. In Flemings, P.B., Phillips, S.C, Collett, T., Cook, A., Boswell, R., and the UT-GOM2-1 Expedition Scientists, Proceedings of the UT-GOM2-1 Hydrate Pressure Coring Expedition: Austin, TX (University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, TX). https://doi.org/10.2172/1648308, 27 p.
Data Report: X-Ray Powder Diffraction
Phillips, I.M., 2018. Data Report: X-Ray Powder Diffraction. In Flemings, P.B., Phillips, S.C, Collett, T., Cook, A., Boswell, R., and the UT-GOM2-1 Expedition Scientists, Proceedings of the UT-GOM2-1 Hydrate Pressure Coring Expedition: Austin, TX (University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, TX). https://doi.org/10.2172/1648320, 14 p.
Data Report: Prestack Waveform Inversion at GC 955: Trials and sensitivity of PWI to high-resolution seismic data
Fortin, W.F.J., Goldberg, D.S., Küçük, H.M., 2020, Data Report: Prestack Waveform Inversion at GC 955: Trials and sensitivity of PWI to high-resolution seismic data, In Flemings, P.B., Phillips, S.C, Collett, T., Cook, A., Boswell, R., and the UT-GOM2-1 Expedition Scientists, Proceedings of the UT-GOM2-1 Hydrate Pressure Coring Expedition: Austin, TX (University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, TX). https://doi.org/10.2172/1647733, 7 p.
Data Report: Pore Water Geochemistry
Reference coming soon (Dec. 2020)
Data report: Surface area and pore size measurements of two hydrate-bearing sediment samples from Green Canyon Block 955 (GC955), Gulf of Mexico
Reference coming soon (Dec. 2020)
Data Report: UT-GOM2-1 Biostratigraphy Report Green Canyon Block 955, Gulf of Mexico
Reference coming soon (Dec. 2020)
Data Report: UT-GOM2-1 Lithostratigraphic Core Description Logs at Site GC 955, Holes H002 and H005
Reference coming soon (Dec. 2020)
Data Report: UT-GOM2-1 Sediment Grain Size Measurements at Site GC 955, Holes H002 and H005
Reference coming soon (Dec. 2020)
Data Report: UT-GOM2-1 Pressure Coring
Reference coming soon (Dec. 2020)
Data Directory
UT-GOM2-1 Hydrate Pressure Coring Data Directory
Publications
Introduction to Special Issue: Gas Hydrates in Green Canyon Block 955, deep-water Gulf of Mexico: Part I
Boswell, R., T. S. Collett, A. E. Cook, P. B. Flemings, 2020, Introduction to Special Issue: Gas Hydrates in Green Canyon Block 955, deep-water Gulf of Mexico: Part I: AAPG Bulletin, v. 104, no. 9, p. 1843-1846, http://doi.org/10.1306/bltnintro062320.
Pressure coring a Gulf of Mexico deep-water turbidite gas hydrate reservoir: Initial results from The University of Texas–Gulf of Mexico 2-1 (UT-GOM2-1) Hydrate Pressure Coring Expedition
Flemings, P. B., S. C. Phillips, R. Boswell, T. S. Collett, A. E. Cook, T. Dong, and M. Frye, et al., 2020, Pressure coring a Gulf of Mexico deep-water turbidite gas hydrate reservoir: Initial results from The University of Texas-Gulf of Mexico 2-1 (UT-GOM2-1) Hydrate Pressure Coring Expedition: AAPG Bulletin, v. 104, no. 9, p. 1847-1876, https://doi.org/10.1306/05212019052.
Pressure coring operations during The University of Texas-Gulf of Mexico 2-1 (UT-GOM2-1) Hydrate Pressure Coring Expedition in Green Canyon Block 955, northern Gulf of Mexico
Thomas, C., S. C. Phillips, P. B. Flemings, M. Santra, H. Hammon, T. S. Collett, and A. Cook, et al., 2020, Pressure-coring operations during The University of Texas-Gulf of Mexico 2-1 (UT-GOM2-1) Hydrate Pressure Coring Expedition in Green Canyon Block 955, northern Gulf of Mexico: AAPG Bulletin, v. 104, no. 9, p. 1877–1901, https://doi.org/10.1306/02262019036.
Salt-driven evolution of a gas hydrate reservoir in Green Canyon, Gulf of Mexico
Portnov, A., A. E. Cook, M. Heidari, D. E. Sawyer, M. Santra, and M. Nikolinakou, 2020, Salt-driven evolution of a gas hydrate reservoir in Green Canyon, Gulf of Mexico: AAPG Bulletin, v. 104, no. 9, p. 1903–1919, https://doi.org/10.1306/10151818125.
Evolution of gas hydrate–bearing deep-water channel-levee system in abyssal Gulf of Mexico: Levee growth and deformation
Santra, M., P. B. Flemings, E. Scott, and P. K. Meazell, 2020, Evolution of gas hydrate-bearing deep-water channel-levee system in abyssal Gulf of Mexico: Levee growth and deformation: AAPG Bulletin, v. 104, no. 9, p. 1921–1944, https://doi.org/10.1306/04251918177.
Sedimentology and stratigraphy of a deep-water gas hydrate reservoir in the northern Gulf of Mexico
Meazell, K., P. Flemings, M. Santra, and J. E. Johnson, 2020, Sedimentology and stratigraphy of a deep-water gas hydrate reservoir in the northern Gulf of Mexico: AAPG Bulletin, v. 104, no. 9, p. 1945–1969, https://doi.org/10.1306/05212019027.
High concentration methane hydrate in a silt reservoir from the deep-water Gulf of Mexico
Phillips, S. C., P. B. Flemings, M. E. Holland, P. J. Schulthiss, W. F. Waite, J. Jan, E. G. Petrou, and H. Hammon, 2020, High concentration methane hydrate in a silt reservoir from the deep-water Gulf of Mexico: AAPG Bulletin, v. 104, no. 9, p. 1971–1995, https://doi.org/10.1306/01062018280.
Petrophysical properties of the Green Canyon Block 955 hydrate reservoir inferred from reconstituted sediments: Implications for hydrate formation and production
Fang, Y., P. B. Flemings, H. Daigle, S. C. Phillips, P. K. Meazell, and K. You, 2020, Petrophysical properties of the Green Canyon Block 955 hydrate reservoir inferred from reconstituted sediments: Implications for hydrate formation and production: AAPG Bulletin, v. 104, no. 9, p. 1997–2028, https://doi.org/10.1306/01062019165.
Improved sampling technique to collect natural gas from hydrate-bearing pressure cores
Moore, M. T., S.C. Phillips, A. E. Cook, T. H. Darrah, 2020, Improved sampling technique to collect natural gas from hydrate-bearing pressure cores: Applied Geochemistry, v. 122, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2020.104773.