Impact of Gas Saturation and Gas Column Height at the Base of the Gas Hydrate Stability Zone on Fracturing and Seepage at Vestnesa Ridge, West-Svalbard Margin

• Published in: Energies
• Main Authors: Ramachandran, Hariharan, Plaza-Faverola, Andreia, Daigle, Hugh
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2022
• Subjects: Long Ridge; Svalbard; Svalbard margin
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24938; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15093156

The Vestnesa Ridge, located off the west Svalbard margin, is a >60 km long ridge consisting of fine-grained sediments that host a deep-marine gas hydrate and associated seepage system. Geological and geophysical observations indicate the predominance of vertical fluid expulsion through fractures...