Ormen Lange—an integrated study for the safe development of a deep-water gas field within the Storegga Slide Complex, NE Atlantic continental margin; executive summary

A great effort has been undertaken to investigate potential geohazards in relation to the development of the Ormen Lange gas field offshore Mid-Norway. The field is located in the scar left after the giant, tsunami-generating Storegga Slide, which occurred roughly 8150 years ago, and the slide risk...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Marine and petroleum geology 2005-01, Vol.22 (1), p.1-9
Main Authors: Solheim, A., Bryn, P., Sejrup, H.P., Mienert, J., Berg, K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Continental slope
Gravity sliding
Marine
Norwegian Sea
Oil and gas fields
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:A great effort has been undertaken to investigate potential geohazards in relation to the development of the Ormen Lange gas field offshore Mid-Norway. The field is located in the scar left after the giant, tsunami-generating Storegga Slide, which occurred roughly 8150 years ago, and the slide risk has consequently received particular focus. The studies have been multi-disciplinary in character, and have involved a number of companies, universities, and research institutions. The results of the project have lead to a significant advance in our understanding of the Storegga Slide in particular, and submarine slope instability in general, and played an important role in the approval of field development by Norwegian authorities. This special issue comprises 26 individual contributions in addition to this representing the wide span of topics addressed in the project, and this introductory paper gives a brief summary of their contents.
ISSN:0264-8172
1873-4073
DOI:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2004.10.001