Addressing the challenges in the placement of seafloor infrastructure on the East Breaks slide - A case study: The Falcon Field (EB 579/623), Northwestern Gulf of Mexico

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1971-1987

  Hoffman, John S ^a   Kaluza, Michael J ^a   Griffiths, Richard ^b   McCullough, Gary ^b   Hall, Joey ^c   Nguyen, Thien ^a  

^a Geoscience Earth and Marine Services Inc   (United States)

^b Lonestar Deepwater   (United States)

^c Pioneer Natural Resources (USA) Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; INFILTRATION; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PIPELINES; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY;

3D SEISMIC DATA; BATHYMETRIC DATA; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; HAZARDS ASSESSMENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LATE PLEISTOCENE; MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICES; SLOPE INSTABILITY;

OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84896922560     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4043/16748-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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