Ormen Lange - an integrated study for safe field development in the Storegga submarine area

Author: Solheim   A.;Bryn   P.;Berg   K.  

Publisher: Elsevier Science‎

Publication year: 2012

E-ISBN: 9780080914053

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780080446943

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780080446943

Subject: P5 Geology

Language: ENG

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Description

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 8200 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 led to a significant advance in the 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 book comprises 26 individual contributions representing the wide span of topics addressed in the project. The main scope is to provide a state-of-the-art report on geohazard investigations in a high latitude continental margin setting. Most of the data and results published in this book would not have reached beyond the confidential report stage unless the license partners of the Ormen Lange license had agreed that this information deserves a wider audience.

  • Multidisciplinary and covers most themes treated in slope stability studies prior to the field development phase
  • Provides a link between basic research and applied geohazard studies, with direct relevance for risk evaluation in relation to field development activiti

Chapter

Front Cover

pp.:  1 – 4

Copyright Page

pp.:  5 – 6

Table of Contents

pp.:  6 – 8

Chapter 2. Explaining the Storegga Slide

pp.:  18 – 28

Chapter 3. Influence from 'Ocean Weather' on near seabed currents and events at Ormen Lange

pp.:  28 – 40

Chapter 4. Large-scale development of the mid-Norwegian margin during the last 3 million years

pp.:  40 – 52

Chapter 5. The Pleistocene to recent geological developmentof the Ormen Lange area

pp.:  52 – 64

Chapter 6. Late Cenozoic glacial history and evolution of the Storegga Slide area and adjacent slide flank regions, Norwegian continental margin

pp.:  64 – 78

Chapter 7. The glacial North Sea Fan, southern Norwegian Margin: architecture and evolution from the upper continental slope to the deep-sea basin

pp.:  78 – 92

Chapter 8. Contourites and their relevance for mass wasting along the Mid-Norwegian Margin

pp.:  92 – 104

Chapter 9. The Storegga Slide complex: repetitive large scale sliding with similar cause and development

pp.:  104 – 116

Chapter 10. Mineralogical and microstructural development of the sediments on the Mid-Norwegian margin

pp.:  116 – 130

Chapter 11. The dating and morphometry of the Storegga Slide

pp.:  130 – 144

Chapter 12. Postglacial seismicity offshore mid-Norway with emphasis on spatio-temporal–magnitudal variations

pp.:  144 – 156

Chapter 13. Probabilistic and deterministic seismic hazard results and influence of the sedimentary Møre Basin, NE Atlantic

pp.:  156 – 168

Chapter 14. Stress transfer in the Storegga area, offshore mid-Norway

pp.:  168 – 178

Chapter 15. The last phase of the Storegga Slide: simulation of retrogressive slide dynamics and comparison with slide-scar morphology

pp.:  178 – 186

Chapter 16. On the dynamics of subaqueous clay rich gravity mass flows—the giant Storegga slide, Norway

pp.:  186 – 194

Chapter 17. Scaling behaviour of clay-rich submarine debris flows

pp.:  194 – 202

Chapter 18. The Storegga Slide tsunami—comparing field observations with numerical simulations

pp.:  202 – 216

Chapter 19. Fundamental mechanisms for tsunami generation by submarine mass flows in idealised geometries

pp.:  216 – 226

Chapter 20. A parametric study of tsunamis generated by submarine slides in the Ormen Lange/Storegga area off western Norway

pp.:  226 – 240

Chapter 21. Ocean warming and gas hydrate stability on the mid-Norwegian margin at the Storegga Slide

pp.:  240 – 252

Chapter 22. The Storegga slide: evaluation of triggering sources and slide mechanics

pp.:  252 – 264

Chapter 23. Formation of large, crater-like evacuation structures in ooze sediments in the Norwegian Sea. Possible implications for the development of the Storegga Slide

pp.:  264 – 282

Chapter 24. In situ pore pressures: What is their significance and how can they be reliably measured?

pp.:  282 – 294

Chapter 25. Ocean bottom seismometer investigations in the Ormen Lange area offshore mid-Norway provide evidence for shallow gas layers in subsurface sediments

pp.:  294 – 306

Chapter 26. Soil conditions and slope stability in the Ormen Lange area

pp.:  306 – 318

Chapter 27. Quantification of risks associated with seabed instability at Ormen Lange

pp.:  318 – 326

Chapter 28. Forthcoming Papers

pp.:  326 – 328

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