Fluid Flow and seafloor gas seepage studies of Tampen Spurr

Abstract

The southern areas of the North Sea are shallow waters with a depth of roughly 50m, which includes the German section, Dutch section, Danish and the UK sector of the North Sea. The north of the North Sea is much deeper but generally less than 200m, except within the Norwegian Trough/Trench towards the northeast, the only region of deep waters. Significant oil and gas discoveries have been made within the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, both within the Norwegian Trench and away to the west of the National boundaries towards the east Shetland platform. Despite the discoveries of oil and gas. A lot remains unsaid about the complex history of tectonics systems underlying the North Sea and arguments supporting this area's complex structure. Notwithstanding, this short stint of research attempted to explain some reasons for gas leaks seen on the seafloor to the west of the Norwegian Trench related to Norway’s sectioning, especially with areas on the part of the structural high westwards of the Norwegian North Sea. In understanding some of these gas leaks to the seafloor on the embankment, seismic was being utilised with flare data and bathymetry of the area. The findings attempt to highlight Complex structures noted from the seismic underlying this area, with proven evidence of fluid release resulting from this complex structure beneath the base Cretaceous, marking a pivotal root source of fluid release charging the seafloor and possible pathway mechanisms. The summary of these findings presents activities that might have fueled the shallow gas seen towards the seafloor within the Quaternary and Neogene sub divisions unit and into the seafloor through faults and possible fractures while invoking a known Petroleum system that has been studied as a likely explanation of the source of the fluid contributing to the shallow gas to the seafloor from base Cretaceous, linking it to the complexity tectonics shaping the North Sea and its complex stratigraphy.