Workshop on Shallow Drilling Systems for U.S. Antarctic Program Research Vessels, August 1997

WISE和Janecek OPP 9710358该奖项支持一个名为SHALDRIL(浅层钻探)的海洋地质学家委员会的活动，以调查在美国南极计划(USAP)的船只上安装浅层钻探系统的技术可行性。该委员会于1996年12月举行了一次组织会议，会上讨论了几个可能适合在USAP船只上使用的现有系统。其中一些系统仍在开发中，但有两个系统似乎特别有希望在南极水域使用。它们是1)由位于德克萨斯州休斯敦的辉固·麦克莱兰海洋地球科学公司开发的海豚原位采样和测试系统，以及2)由A/S Terrabor-Namsos与卑尔根固体地球物理研究所合作开发的Terrabor系统，两者都位于挪威。SHALDRIL委员会计划在1997年8月下旬举办一次研讨会，进一步评估这些钻井系统，目标是在不久的将来在USAP船舶上对其中一个或多个进行现场测试。然而，在8月份的研讨会之前，必须由一名专业工程师对在USAP船上安装这些系统的适宜性和可行性进行技术评估，纳撒尼尔·B·帕尔默和L.M.古尔德。有了这些信息，委员会就可以考虑建议未来的实地测试，并最终进行实地研究。这笔资金用于支持SHALDRIL委员会1997年的活动，即：1)委托对候选钻井系统进行工程研究；2)支付8月下旬会议的费用。这次会议预计将在佛罗里达州塔拉哈西或附近举行，为期三天。

Wise and Janecek OPP 9710358 This award supports the activities of a committee of marine geologists, designated SHALDRIL (shallow drilling), to investigate the technical feasibility of installing a shallow drilling system on vessels of the US Antarctic Program (USAP). The committee held an organizational meeting in December, 1996, at which it discussed several existing systems that might be suitable for use on USAP vessels. Some of the systems are still in development, but two seemed particularly promising for use in Antarctic waters. These are 1) The Dolphin in situ sampling and testing system by Fugro McClelland Marine Geosciences, Inc., Houston, Texas, and 2) the Terrabor system developed by A/S Terrabor-Namsos in collaboration with the Institute of Solid Earth Geophysics-Bergen, both located in Norway. The SHALDRIL committee plans to hold a workshop in late August, 1997, to further evaluate these drilling systems with a goal of field testing one or more of them on USAP ships in the near future. Prior to the August workshop, however, an technical evaluation of the suitability and feasibility of installing these systems on the USAP ships Nathaniel B. Palmer and L. M. Gould must be carried out by a professional engineer. With that information in hand, the committee can then consider recommending future field tests and eventually field studies. This award provides funds to support the SHALDRIL committee's activities during 1997, namely to 1) commission the engineering study of the candidate drilling systems, and 2) to cover the costs of its meeting in late August. This meeting is expected to be held in or near Tallahassee, Florida, over a three day period.