Proceedings of the Deepwater Hydrate Coring Expedition UT-GOM2-2

This report was the result of a scientific collaboration between the following institutions The University of Texas at Austin (UT), DOE, NETL, the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), The Ohio State University, Columbia University, University of New Hampshire, Oregon State University, University of Washington, Tufts University, Colorado School of Mines, and Geotek Ltd. In the summer and fall of 2023, the University of Texas (UT) Deepwater Hydrate Coring Expedition (UT-GOM2-2) drilled, cored, made downhole measurements, and analyzed samples from the seafloor to the base of the gas hydrate stability zone at Site H in the Walker Ridge Protracted Area Block 313 (Site H, WR313) in the Terrebonne basin, deepwater Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico), herein the Gulf. This report is made up of a series of files as listed below that represents the “expedition report” of the 2023 UT-GOM2-2 Expedition.