Continental Offshore Stratigraphic Test (COST) Group, a group of 31 petroleum companies, drilled the COST No. B-2 well, the first deep stratigraphic test well, on the eastern flank of the Baltimore Canyon Trough, Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf, to explore resource potential in the area. The operator was Ocean Production Company and the platform was the submersible drill rig SEDCO-J.
Location
Baltimore Canyon Trough, mid-Atlantic outer continental shelf, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Samples and chemical analysis; Grain size analysis; Morphology; Petroleum resource potential;
Comments
The COST No. B-2 well was drilled by Ocean Production Company, acting as the operator for a group of 31 petroleum companies. The Maryland Geological Survey acted as the data distributor for the Geological Surveys of some of the other Atlantic coastal states.
Project = Continental Offshore Stratigraphic Test (COST), Continental Offshore Stratigraphic Test (COST)
