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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: 2005-07-18

It was a busy day at SAFOD as we
Mark Zoback (Stanford University) and Steve Hickman (USGS, Menlo Park) give a brief presentation to visitors from the IODP before showing them around the drill site.

It was a busy day at SAFOD as we started drilling with a new bit, finalized some of our procedures for on-site, real-time mineralogical analysis, and had lots of visitors. Our current depth is 11,716 feet, and we're advancing at 5 to 10 feet per hour.