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Field Activity Details for field activity 2015-023-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Pending

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): USGS GAS HYDRATES (LQ000FP)

Principal Investigator(s): John Pohlman, William Waite

Affiliate Investigator(s): Tom Lorenson PCMSC; Pam Swarzenski, PCMSC

Information Specialist(s): William Waite

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Conduct coring and pressure coring in Indian Ocean as part of NGHP-02 under auspices of Indian program managed by ONGC.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Kakinada, India

End Port/Location: Kakinada, India

Start Date: 2015-04-27

End Date: 2015-07-31

Equipment Used: Well drilling

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: William Waite

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Offshore India

Boundaries
North: 23.66268103 South: 13.9234039 West: 81.2109 East: 88.671877

Platform(s):

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Chikyū

Publications

Cao, S.C., Jang, J., Jung, J., Waite, W.F., Collett, T.S., and Kumar, P., 2018, 2D micromodel studies of pore-throat clogging by pure fine-grained sediments and natural sediments from NGHP-02, offshore India: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9PZ5M7E.

Dai, S., Kim, J., Xu, Y., Waite, W.F., Jang, J., Yoneda, J., Collett, T.S., and Kumar, P., 2019, Permeability anisotropy and relative permeability in sediments from the National Gas Hydrate Program Expedition 02, offshore India: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 108, p. 705-713, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.08.016.

Jang, J., Dai, S., Yoneda, J., Waite, W.F., Stern, L.A., Boze, L.G., Collett, T.S., and Kumar, P., 2019, Pressure core analysis of geomechanical and fluid flow properties of seals associated with gas hydrate-bearing reservoirs in the Krishna-Godavari Basin, offshore India: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 108, p. 537-550, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.08.015.

Jang, J., Waite, W.F., Stern, L.A., Collett, T.S., and Kumar, P., 2019, Physical property characteristics of gas hydrate-bearing reservoir and associated seal sediments collected during NGHP-02 in the Krishna-Godavari Basin, in the offshore of India: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 108, p. 249-271, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.09.027.

Jang, J., Dai, S., Yoneda, J., Waite, W.F., Collett T.S., and Kumar, P., 2018, Pressure core characterization tool measurements of compressibility, permeability, and shear strength of fine-grained sediment collected from Area C, Krishna-Godavari Basin, during India's National Gas Hydrate Program Expedition NGHP-02: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P91XJ7DP.

Jang, J., Waite, W.F., Stern, L.A., Collett T.S., and Kumar, P., 2018, Dependence of sedimentation behavior on pore-fluid chemistry for sediment collected from Area B, Krishna-Godavari Basin, during India's National Gas Hydrate Program, NGHP-02: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9FXJ1VX.

Kim, J., Dai, S., Jang, J., Waite, W.F., Collett, T.S., and Kumar, P., 2019, Compressibility and particle crushing of Krishna-Godavari Basin sediments from offshore India—Implications for gas production from deep-water gas hydrate deposits: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 108, p. 697-704, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.07.012.

Waite, W.F., Ruppel, C.D., Collett, T.S., Schultheiss, P., Holland, M., Shukla, K.M., and Kumar, P., 2019, Multi-measurement approach for establishing the base of gas hydrate occurrence in the Krishna-Godavari Basin for sites cored during Expedition NGHP-02 in the offshore of India: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 108, p. 296-320, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.07.026.

Waite, W.F., Jang, J., Collett, T.S., and Kumar, P., 2018, Physical properties of sediment collected during India's National Gas Hydrate Program NGHP-02 expedition in the Krishna-Godavari Basin offshore eastern India, 2015: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P97RL4X4.

Yoneda, J., Oshima, M., Kida, M., Kato, A., Konno, Y., Jin, Y., Jang, J., Waite, W.F., Kumar, P., and Tenma, N., 2019, Pressure core based onshore laboratory analysis on mechanical properties of hydrate-bearing sediments recovered during India's National Gas Hydrate Program Expedition (NGHP) 02: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v., 108, p. 482-501, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.09.005.

Yoneda, J., Oshima, M., Kida, M., Kato, A., Konno, Y., Yusuke, J., Jang, J., Waite, W.F., Kumar, P., and Tenma, N., 2019, Permeability variation and anisotropy of gas hydrate-bearing pressure-core sediments recovered from the Krishna-Godavari Basin, offshore India: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 108, p. 524-536, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.07.006.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Well drilling --- Geology
NGHP02_GrainSize_Data (Physical properties of sediment collected during India's National Gas Hydrate Program NGHP-02 Expedition in the Krishna-Godavari Basin Offshore Eastern India, 2015)
NGHP02_AreaC_Permeability (PCCT demonstration of flow rate versus pressure gradient measurements for determining permeability in fine-grained sediment collected from Area C, Krishna-Godavari Basin during India's National Gas Hydrate Program, NGHP-02)
NGHP02_AreaC_Direct_Shear_Data (PCCT measurements of stress and strain during direct shear tests of fine-grained sediment collected from Area C, Krishna-Godavari Basin during India's National Gas Hydrate Program, NGHP-02)
NGHP02_AreaC_Stress_Strain_Modulus_Data (PCCT measurements of the consolidation characteristics, constrained modulus and compressional wave velocity for fine-grained sediment collected from Area C, Krishna-Godavari Basin during India's National Gas Hydrate Program, NGHP-02)
NGHP02_AreaB_T50_FinalInterfaceHeight (Characteristic settling time and interface height dependence on pore fluid chemistry for sediment collected from Area B, during India's National Gas Hydrate Program Expedition NGHP-02)
NGHP02_AreaB_Sedimentation (Sedimentation rate dependence on pore fluid chemistry for sediment collected from Area B, Krishna-Godavari Basin, during India's National Gas Hydrate Program Expedition NGHP-02)

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