ABSTRACT
The continental slope in the vicinity of the Luva field has experienced historical major slide events (e.g. the Storegga slide, the Nyk slide and The Traenadjupet slide). Although slopes are less than one degree, the slope is regional and runs down to 3000 m water depth. Basin sedimentation models combined with hydrogeological models indicated excess pore pressures could potentially explain large scale diapirism in the area, and potential excess pore pressure was considered the major unknown. Previous work has established it is difficult to make a reliable estimate of in-situ pore pressures, and direct measurement is the best approach to eliminate most uncertainties such estimates introduce.
