Celtic Explorer CE12010
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Celtic Explorer (45CE) |
| Cruise identifier | CE12010 |
| Cruise period | 2012-07-20 — 2012-08-06 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Bremerhaven, Germany |
| Port of return | Bremerhaven, Germany |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Investigate the Sleipner CO2 storage site operated by Statoil and the natural shallow water CO2 seep offshore Juist Island in the Southern German North Sea. On the transit between these 2 major working areas are the prominent gas (methane) seep area Tommeliten and the blowout crater in the UK sector of the North Sea, which will be explored as reference sites. We intend to quantify fluxes of key chemical parameters and potentially toxic metals and study the mechanisms determining the migration of CO2, CH4, and formation waters through the sedimentary overburden by a variety of novel monitoring techniques. Included in the study are investigations of seawater chemistry together with the near-field dispersion processes as key input parameters for our environmental studies and numerical model simulations. We will also carry out the assessment of the distribution of sensitive megafauna and will use fingerprinting of microbial community diversity as a key indicator of environmental impacts. |
| Chief scientist | Peter Linke (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel (West Shore Campus)) |
| NPRC |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Sleipner CO2 storage site |
