Hydrate saturated, fine grained sand core from the Mt. Elbert #1 well .- click on image to enlarge

Close up of fine grained sand core sample. This sample was taken for porewater geochemical analyses and was hydrate saturated at the time of recovery.- click on image to enlarge

One visual test used to confirm that a core contains hydrate is to place a small sample from the core in a canister of water. The gas dissociated from the hydrate-bearing sediment is released into the water and bubbles to the surface. In the video sequence shown here, dissociated hydrate gas from a sample of Mt. Elbert #1 core can be seen and heard as it is released into the water. - click on image to view video [MPEG]

The Doyon 14 rig on location in the Milne Point Field. The science trailers can be seen in the left foreground.- click on image to enlarge

Early Morning Photo of the Doyon14 Drilling Rig - click on image to enlarge

Eilis Rosenbaum (NETL) working with the NETL thermal properties measurement device - click on image to enlarge

Marta Torres (OSU) in the "warm" trailer's porewater geochemistry laboratory - click on image to enlarge

The physical properties and microbiology teams preparing their lab spaces in the "cold" science trailer - click on image to enlarge

The porewater geochemistry team includes Marta Torres (Oregon State Univ.), Eilis Rosenbaum (NETL), Warren Agena (USGS), Kelly Rose (NETL) - click on image to enlarge

Micaela Weeks leads a pre-coring operations safety briefing in the core processing trailer

Marta Torres (OSU) cleans and prepares an interstitial water/porewater chemistry sample.

Rick Colwell (OSU, right) and Tom Lorenson (USGS, left) processing microbiology and headspace gas samples from Mt. Elbert #1 well core.

Chief scientist, Tim Collett (USGS), examining core from the Mt. Elbert #1 well in preparation for description and sampling.

Warren Agena (USGS) preparing to extract porewater from sediments of the Mt. Elbert #1 well for subsequent geochemical analyses.

The Mt. Elbert #1 coring operations science team. From left to right, Dennis Gamberg (Omni), Bill Winters (USGS), Ray Boswell (NETL/DOE), Eilis Rosenbaum (NETL/DOE), Micaela Weeks (BPX), Kelly Rose (NETL/DOE), Tom Lorenson (USGS), Rajeev Sinha (DGH), Bill Waite (USGS), Tim Collett (USGS), Grant Mabry (Omni), Marta Torres (OSU), Bob Hunter (ASRC), Warren Agena (USGS), and Rick Colwell (OSU). Not pictured, Larry Vendl (BPX)

Dennis Gamberg (at left) and Grant Mabry, Omni core techs working on Mt. Elbert #1 well core.

Sunrise on the Site - click on image to enlarge

Sunrise on the Tundra - click on image to enlarge