Ice Scour Risk and Protection on the Grand Banks

• Main Author: Flynn, Mark
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 2013
• Subjects: COASTAL ENGINEERING; 8751; CASE STUDY; OCEAN and NAVAL; ICE SCOUR; EDC; GRAND BANKS; TERRA NOVA; Newfoundland; Barents Sea; Labrador Shelf
• Online Access: http://journals.library.mun.ca/index.php/prototype/article/view/402

Hydrocarbons were first discovered offshore Newfoundland in the late 1970s and full-scale production of these discoveries began in earnest in 1997 with the Hibernia oil field. The estimated total recoverable oil reserves on the Grand Banks are currently around 2100 MMbbls (million barrels), with add...