| Location: | Schiehallion, Nordica |
| Position: | Faroe-Shetland Channel |
| Depth: | 508m |
| Water Temperature: | No data |
| Dates: | 2003 |
| Industry Partners | |
| Gas & Oil Company | BP |
| ROV Operator: | Subsea7 |
| Ship operator: | Subsea7 |
| SERPENT Representatives: | Dr Ian Hudson |
Mission Story
SERPENT mission 3 was undertaken in the Schiehallion field, west of Shetland on board the Subsea 7 vessel Nordica - a high specification ROV support vessel. Active oil field areas such as Schiehallion cover a wide area, this survey was carried out in areas of virtually unspoiled seabed away from the drilling activity. The seabed outside the protected oil field exclusion zones is heavily impacted by trawling so these sites provided a good chance to study the species richness, standing stock and distribution of the benthic megafauna in relatively natural conditions for the west of Shetland area.
Please contact Daniel Jones for more details about this project.
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