Interview with Glenn Barrett, Offshore Installation Manager of the JOIDES Resolution with SEA1 Offshore
The scientific ocean drilling (SciOD) community has relied on the riserless drilling capabilities of the research vessel JOIDES Resolution since 1985 to retrieve sediment and rock cores from below the seafloor to advance knowledge about our oceans and Earth. The loss of the JR and U.S.-led SciOD, even temporarily, has huge implications for the science community, which have been published on and written about elsewhere. Here, we discuss the loss of expertise and equipment with the non-renewal of the contract between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and SEA1 Offshore. Importantly, challenges to building a new U.S.-owned and operated riserless drillship are also discussed.
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