Origin and accumulation mechanism of shallow gas accumulations in the SW Barents Sea

• Main Author: Kjerkreit, Kristian
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT The Arctic University of Norway 2014
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450; Barents Sea; Shallow gas; Gas accumulation; Migration; Tromsø Basin; EOM-3901; Tromsø; Senja; Hekkingen; Loppa
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/6434

Events associated with shallow gas accumulations are reported all over the Norwegian continental shelf. These accumulations are potentially dangerous geo-hazards related to drilling activity, but they can also be of economic interest if the accumulated volumes are large. Petroleum in the Barents Sea...