Field Activity 2013-001-FA

Identifier 2013-001-FA
Purpose High resolution seismics and 4C OBS work at deepwater Gulf of Mexico sites previously drilled/logged through DOE/Chevron JIP
Location Northern Gulf of Mexico
Summary Cruise led by Seth Haines from Central Energy center and Pat Hart from PCMSC. Focused on MCS data acquisition over seafloor nodes. Ruppel handled many arrangements as Gas Hydrates Project Chief and also handled all marine compliance and much of the DOE funding.
Comments This is a Gas Hydrates Project activity. Co-chief scientists are Seth Haines, Denver ERP, and Pat Hart, PCMSC. Local contact: Carolyn Ruppel Data are associated with USGS Santa Cruz field activity number P-01-13-LA. Project = Natural Gas Hydrates/DOE,
Projects
Platform
Pelican
116'
Itinerary
Start Cocodrie 2013-04-13
End Cocodrie 2013-05-07
Days in the field 19
Bounds
West -92.5049
East -84.99023
North 28.1495
South 24.44715

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Carolyn Ruppel
Crew members
Eric Moore
Scientist, Staff
Thomas F O'Brien
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
PARTNER,
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Ruppel not going on cruise; Pat Hart (PCMSC) and Seth Haines (Denver) co-chiefs

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics
Data type: Multichannel, Sparker

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Multichannel seismics Multichannel (no data reported)
Sparker Sparker (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity