Details:

Personal Author:
Mason, Andrew L. ;
Corporate Authors:
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.) ;
NOAA Program & Office:
NOS (National Ocean Service) ; NCCOS (National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science) ;
NOS (National Ocean Service) ; NCCOS (National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science) ; Less -
Description:
In September of 2004, Hurricane Ivan, a Category 3 storm at the time, passed through the northern Gulf of Mexico. Severe wave action attributed to the storm triggered a subsea mudslide that toppled Taylor Energy Company’s (TEC) Saratoga oil production platform A at Mississippi Canyon Block 20 (MC20). The superstructure, also known as the jacket, came to rest on the ocean floor approximately 210 m southeast of the original location. The collector bundle containing the original 28 well pipes was also dragged in the direction of the collapsed jacket, breaking and becoming buried by deposited sediment at the northwest corner of the final resting place of the structure.
Keywords:
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Assessment
Environment
Jackets
Mudslides
Ocean Bottom
Oil Gas
Pipes
Sediments
Storms
Structural Engineering

Series:
NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS ; 260;
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25923/kykm-sn39
Document Type:
Technical Memorandum ;
Place as Subject:
Mexico, Gulf of ; Mississippi ;
Mexico, Gulf of ; Mississippi ; Less -
Rights Information:
Public Domain
Compliance:
Submitted
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:95b4ee8336df5c9ee4ab73bef965232b68b30c938fac872576d665063a7263d2
File Type:

Supporting Files

• Data set from NCEI (Accession: 194303)

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