To understand the structure and the physical properties of hanging wall sediments, a post-drilling multi-channel seismic (MCS) survey was conducted around the JFAST drill site.
Turkey sent naval ships to accompany its own exploration crew just six miles from the Cyprus drill site.
Onshore in Arctic areas, permafrost makes drilling difficult because melting around and under the drill site makes the ground unstable.
Within minutes, the governor rushed off to indulge what he called "the never to be forgotten pleasure of leaving the drill site and spending time with the families".
Liz Yates, the councillor for the Misterton ward which includes the proposed drill site, welcomed the intervention by Friends of the Earth.
But as they stood a few miles from the drill site, giving the orders by speakerphone to workers atop the hole, a much bigger jolt shook the room.
The ships can inhabit deeper waters and be stabilized over a drill site with the aid of sophisticated computers, he said.
Over the next few days, the structure will be towed from its current location near Cameron, La., to a drill site off the Texas coast.
Among these rocks is the candidate drill site, John Klein.
The drill site location is indicated in this section.
Red inverted triangle is the location of the JFAST drill site C0019.
