as part of a larger cooperative agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and BP Exploration Alaska (BPXA), in collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and several universities and industry partners, to evaluate whether natural gas hydrate from the Alaska North Slope could be viably produced either technically or commercially. The site was selected based on geological and geophysical evaluations that identified the Mount Elbert site as a fault-bounded gas hydrate trap with two prospective sand-rich reservoirs. The project assembled a team of scientists from the USGS, DOE, BPXA, Oregon State University, and RPS Energy to collect and evaluate core samples, geophysical well logs, and pressure-test data designed to help determine the nature of gas hydrate reservoirs and their potential response to likely production techniques in preparation for expected future exploration on the North Slope. The Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well was drilled from an ice pad constructed to protect sensitive arctic tundra with drilling operations designed to verify the nature of one of fourteen gas hydrate prospects previously identified by the project within the Milne Point Unit. The Doyon 14 rig began drilling of the test well on February 3, 2007. Field operations included the acquisition of a full suite of Wireline logs, over 150 meters of continuous core, and formation pressure test data and concluded field operations on February 21, 2007. The well was drilled vertically to a depth of 914 meters below land surface. Subsequent analysis of the logging data confirmed the existence of a total of approximately 30.5 meters (100 ft) of combined 60-75% saturated gas hydrate-bearing sand in two distinct reservoirs. The hydrates in these sand-rich intervals in the North Slope region mainly occur as pore-filling material in sand reservoirs. Geochemical studies revealed the gas trapped in ANS hydrate accumulations is predominantly thermogenic methane that likely migrated upwards along faults and fractures into shallower reservoirs from the existing, deeper subsurface oil and natural gas accumulations of the North Slope region. The combined scientific results of the field program are reported in the February 2011 (Volume 28, Number 2) issue of Elsevier's Journal of Marine and Petroleum Geology. The importance of Mount Elbert as an active study site Mount Elbert, as a gas hydrate research site, is the first dedicated NGH test well that was drilled on the North Slope of Alaska. The results from the Mount Elbert test well showed that