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Project Acronym: SAFOD | State: Completed | Expedition ID: 5025

ins.: 2022-10-06 12:17; ( Age: 3 yrs )
By: sql
Category: SAFOD
SAFOD

SAFOD: 2005-06-22

Drilling goes on as planned The last sample came
The Nabors crewmen explain to Jonh Solum (USGS) and University of Michigan students the procedures for directional drilling.

Drilling goes on as planned. The last sample came from a measured depth of 11,000 ft ! We are drilling through fine grained sediments. The first samples have already been sent the USGS office in Menlo Park for XRD analyses. Each day we are closer the San Andreas fault zone!