So, what is a Toolpusher?
Hi, My name is Glenn Barrett, I am a Petroleum Engineer and I am the day shift Toolpusher and…
On Ocean Drilling and Expectations
This post was written with contributions from Expedition 397T Co-Chief Scientist Dr. Will Sager. At this point I’ve led…
Thank you to the Ship crew (from a scientist on board)
Hello everyone! My name is Daisuke Kuwano and I’m PhD Student at Chiba University in Japan. I joined the science…
Thank you to the Siem Crew (the best problem solvers)
On July 8th, we were in the process of drilling and getting sediment cores almost every hour and half. The…
Getting ready, in rough seas (new instruments, teaser cores, and more…)
We are now on site at U1559B, bringing up cores, (!) which makes the previous eight days of transit all…
Long awaited, much delayed – finally on our way… (Jeff Ryan’s JR Blog, rebooted…)
Hi! It’s been a while…. Longer than I, or any of us probably, could have anticipated – delayed more than…
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
What happens to our hard rock cores once they come off the catwalk and before our science team describes and…
Rolling with the DMT (Video)
What’s the very first step in studying our Exp 390 hard rock cores? It’s Physical Properties Specialist Lewis Grant rolling…
Re-entry
What is re-entry, and why and how do we do it? Find out in this 8th video in the #EXP390Story…
Core, Flowing (Video)
Core, Flowing, Video 7 in the #EXP390Story series, describes the core flow process and shows how the drilling team, technicians,…