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The Deep-sea Drilling Vessel Chikyu Test Drilling off the Shimokita Peninsula
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The Deep-sea Drilling Vessel Chikyu of Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC; Yasuhiro Kato, President) had started to raise Riser pipes from the sea on October 12 and after hauled the upper part of BOP on the ship in the morning on October 15, evaluated the damaged condition of BOP Hydraulic Connectors that seemed to be caused by severe welters affected by the rapidly developed low-pressure, at the test drilling area off the Shimokita Peninsula (100 kilo meters north east off Hachinohe City). (Appendix 1)
*System Integration Tests (SIT) |
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Contacts: (For Chikyu)
Mr. Jun Fukutomi, e-mail: cdex@jamstec.go.jp
(For Publication)International and Research Support The Center for Deep Earth Exploration (CDEX) Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Mr. Shinji Oshima, e-mail: press@jamstec.go.jp
Manager, Planning Department Press Office Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology |