Field Activity 1977-047-FA

Identifier 1977-047-FA
Alternate names COST WELL NO. GE-1
Purpose Resource exploration well drilled by a consortium of oil companies in the Southeast Georgia Embayment area. Continental Offshore Stratigraphic Test No. GE-1 well (COST GE-1) was drilled by the OCEAN STAR, a jack-up drill barge operated by Ocean Production Company, to evaluate petroleum potential and possible drilling problems.
Location Southeast Georgia Embayment, Georgia, Florida, Atlantic outer continental shelf, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary COST No. GE-1 well: 4,016 m below sea level; 4,040 m or 13,254 ft. below Kelly Bushing). Conventional cores: 11; Sidewall cores: 733; Electric logs: 3; Seismic velocity surveys: 3.
Info derived Grain size analysis; Morphology;
Comments Project = Continental Offshore Stratigraphic Test (COST) GE-1 Well, Continental Offshore Stratigraphic Test (COST) GE-1 Well
Platform
Drill Rig
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 1977-02-22
End (port not specified) 1977-05-31
Days in the field 99
Bounds
West -81.3867
East -77.51953
North 33.28462
South 29.84064

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Claude (Wylie) W. Poag
Crew members
Affiliate principal Peter A. Scholle

Data types and categories

Data category: Sampling
Data type: Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Well drilling Geology (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity