Other ID: COST WELL NO. G-2
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
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Principal Investigator(s): John S. Schlee
Affiliate Investigator(s): Peter A. Scholle
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Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Resource exploration well drilled by a consortium of oil companies in the Georges Bank area. Continental Offshore Stratigraphic Test No. G-2 well (COST G-2) was drilled by the OCEAN VICTORY, a semisubmersible drill barge operated by Ocean Production Company, to evaluate petroleum potential and possible drilling problems.
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Start Date: 1977-01-06
End Date: 1977-08-30
Equipment Used: Well drilling
Information to be Derived: Samples and chemical analysis; Grain size analysis; Morphology;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: COST No. G-2 well: 6,667 m (21,874 ft). Conventional cores: 9; Sidewall cores: 363; Logging runs: 4.
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Notes: Project = Continental Offshore Stratigraphic Test (COST) G-2 Well, Continental Offshore Stratigraphic Test (COST) G-2 Well.
Location:
Georges Bank, United States, North America, North Atlantic,
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North: 40.8365 | South: 40.83595 | West: -67.5083 | East: -67.50772 |
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Drill Rig |
Amato, R.V., and Simonis, E.K., eds., 1980, Geologic and operational summary, COST No. G-2 well, Georges Bank area, North Atlantic OCS: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-269, 116 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr80269.
Klitgord, K.D., and Schneider, C.M., Geophysical database of the east coast of the United States northern Atlantic margin—Velocity analyses: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-192, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr94192.
Scholle, P.A., and Wenkam, C.R., eds., 1982, Geological studies of the COST nos. G-1 and G-2 wells, United States North Atlantic outer continental shelf: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 861, 193 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/cir861.
Scholle, P.A., Schwab, K.A., and Krivoy, H.L., 1980, Summary chart of geological data from the COST no. G-2 well, U.S. North Atlantic outer continental shelf: U.S. Geological Survey Oil and Gas Investigation Chart 105, 1 sheet, https://doi.org/10.3133/oc105.
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Well drilling | --- | Geology |