New Zealand Drilling Planning

Drs. Pecher and Coffin are coleaders with Dr. Lowell Stott (University of Southern California) to organize an International Ocean Discovery Plan (IODP) research expedition on the Chatham Rise off of the Eastern Coast of New Zealand, where we observed methane gas...

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2020 – 2021 Hackensack River Coffin and Provectus

Dr. Coffin is working with Provectus Environmental Products to apply isotope geochemical analysis of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) to confirm statements from the New Jersey Environmental Protection Agency about a company’s contribution to New Jersey Hackensack River...

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2018 – 2021 CNOOC and SWPU Discussions on Development

Drs. Kvamme and Coffin have been actively consulting and developing programs with Southwest Petroleum Research University in Chengdu and China National Offshore Oil Corporation in Beijing, China. Work topics focus on CO2 sequestration and related classroom teaching...

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CARBON ISOTOPE FORENSICS FOR METHANE SOURCE IDENTIFICATION.

Remediation Coffin, R., Mueller, J. Methane (CH4) in ecosystems originates from ancient petroleum formed deep within the earth and/or via microbial fermentation of organic carbon and subsequent reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2). Given the complexity of different...

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2020 Antarctic Planning

Dr. Coffin and Dr. Pecher submitted a proposal to the National Science Foundation to conduct 16 weeks at sea over two years working down in the Ross Sea off the coast of Antarctica on deep ocean warming and the volumes of methane and oil in this region. Expectations...

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