Ormen Lange - Pipelines and Shipwrecks

The development represented huge technological and organizational challenges on vartious levels, and the complexity can easily be compared to a moon landing. Innovation and creative art of engineering made the development possible. During the development modern technology crossed the world of the past and maritime history.

In 2003 a group of marine archaeologists discovered several shipwrecks, of which a historical boat lying on the seafloor very close to the planned pipleine route from the Ormen Lange field to the land industrial plant. Could a shipwreck stop the largest industrial development in Norway, or would Norwegian marine archaeologists prove to have the creativity and skills to provide innovative technology to solve the problem?

This book tells the story of the Ormen Lange development, and how skills, creativity and excellent cooperation on several levels made this not only a unique industrial project but also a unique marine archaeological project.