Offshore Geohazards - Industry Implications and Geoscientist Role

The research on offshore geohazards has increased greatly also driven by the needs of the offshore petroleum industry. In fact, industry is interested in understanding if a given submarine feature represents a risk to a proposed structure and if so how to minimize the associated risk.

Assess the geohazards for a deepwater project is particularly challenging, however the development of new technologies to investigate and monitor the seafloor is providing new insights into these unexplored regions.

Our contribution presents a brief summary of what industry requires from the geoscientists and illustrates the approach that shall be used while approaching a geohazard study.