Project Photos

Workover rig

WESTCARB partners visit the site

Mobilization of Paul Graham drilling rig

Crane lifting section of rig tower

Drilling rig in place

On the drilling rig floor

New drill bit

Used drill bit

Viewing core samples from Nortonville Shale to Domengine Sandstone interface – first coring run

Preparing core samples on site in LBNL/UCB mobile field laboratory

Core barrel retrieval during the second coring run

Second coring string comes off of the rig

Pulling core barrel from drill pipe

Mokelumne River “Sandstone” from 4750 foot depth spills from core barrel

Measuring core barrel for cutting

Cutting the core barrel into sections

Mudlogger examines rock chips under the microscope to determine composition

Outside the LBNL/UCB mobile field laboratory. From left to right: John Beyer, Project Manager, Joanne Emerson, Jonathan Ajo-Franklin, and Shahla Ali

View of drill site from levee

Drill pipes removed from well and stacked to prepare for wireline logging

Unloading and preparation of wireline logging tools

Hoisting wireline tool string onto rig to lower into borehole

Wayne Rowe of Schlumberger (left) discusses wireline logging with WESTCARB’s Technical Advisor, Dr. Elizabeth Burton, and California Energy Commissioner Jim Boyd

Schlumberger team conducting Formation Micro Imaging (FMI)/sonic logging

California Energy Commission staff visit project site. From left to right: Misa Milliron, Robin Smutny-Jones, Linda Spiegel, Laurie ten Hope, Elizabeth Keller