A new paradigm in real-time integrated environmental monitoring

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1 A new paradigm in real-time integrated environmental monitoring 1

2 The Biota Guard system in operation ( Photo: Vidar Skålevik )

3 Biota Guard a new paradigm in real-time environmental effect monitoring Biota Guard is an award-winning technology and service company offering a unique method of integrated environmental monitoring. Increasing environmental awareness and concern in both the public domain and the industry have turned environmental management into a major strategic factor, as the oil companies compete on the global stage. Sustainable development and operations in environmentally-sensitive regions require new technologies and methods for the monitoring and control of the marine environment. Biota Guard enables a sophisticated multi-sensor-based, real-time service for monitoring day-to-day operations that delivers: A game changing leak detector with sensitivity far beyond any other field proven technology Long-term environmental effect monitoring, documenting the environmental footprint of a given oil & gas related operation in real time Environmental analysis available on multiple platforms, including an operator s Integrated Operations room Biota Guard adopts a cause-and-effect approach to environmental monitoring, enabling remedial actions to be taken before an operational event can develop into a serious environmental problem. The biosensors most commonly deployed by Biota Guard (e.g. instrumented blue mussels) are proven to be up to 1400 times more sensitive than conventional sensors to oil in water. 3

4 Biota Guard offshore deployment Deployment around drilling and production platforms. Cable connection between the platform and Biota Guard s adaptive subsea Sensor Arrays for power supply and data communication. Stand-alone deployment. The adaptive subsea Sensor Arrays are connected to a surface buoy, which provides power and wireless communication. Subsea production monitoring. The adaptive subsea Sensor Arrays are integrated into the subsea production system.

5 A holistic approach to marine environmental monitoring Data recorded by Biota Guard s sensors are integrated with those from other relevant information channels to determine the cause of an event and its environmental impact. The adaptive subsea Sensor Arrays are also designed to carry biomarker organisms collected at specific intervals for detailed health-related analysis. Conductivity Biosensors Oxygen optode Hydrophone Pressure PAH Temperature Turbidity Methane sniffer Current sensor (doppler) Chlorophyll Sensor examples represented by Aanderaa Data instruments, Bjørge Naxys, Contros and Turner Designs. 5

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7 The Biota Guard System overview Biota Guard System 3. party Biota Guard Expert Center SENSOR Array Biological Biological Physical Physical Physical Chemical Chemical Chemical Power and Communica on Layer Configura on Condi onal Monitoring Server Maintenance Concurrent Development LIVE Service Communica on Layer www IO BG Web Portal Reports IO Module ENVIRONMENT Data Collection Data Analysis EXPERT and Management End USER User Data Collection Biota Guard specializes in analyzing vital information captured from monitoring the environment of interest. The Biota Guard adaptive subsea Sensor Array provides real-time chemical, physical and biological data in addition to accommodating offline biomarkers. Other relevant process data from daily operations are included, such as water sample analysis, event notifications from discharges and topographical and hydrographical measurements. Data Analysis and Management The automated analytical framework is managed by the Biota Guard Expert Center. Advanced mathematical and statistical tools are coupled with proprietary algorithms and methodologies, supporting an integrated overview of the environmental footprint of a given field or operation. End User Biota Guard provides a user interface communicating complex analysis in an informative and intuitive way for fast and reliable decision support. The visualization tool is developed in close cooperation with the Oil & Gas industry, giving a flexible and configurable system for displaying the right information at the right time, providing the essential interfaces for seamless interaction in an integrated operational environment. The Biota Guard solution includes a time slider functionality that gives the user the opportunity to play back incidents that have occurred. With the Biota Guard solution, the user is given a tool where integration, sharing, collaboration and documentation are key. 7

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9 About Biota Guard Biota Guard was spun out of IRIS (International Research Institute of Stavanger) in Our main business objective is to offer the Oil & Gas and marine industries an unique opportunity to enhance their environmental management capability and provide a fact-based response to unmet environmental monitoring needs. The Biota Guard system has been developed with technical and financial support from Statoil, Shell, GDF Suez, Total, Eni and ConocoPhillips. Additional funding has been provided by the Norwegian Research Council, Innovation Norway, the SR Bank Næringsutvikling Foundation and the Norwegian Design Council : Study on the impact of seismic acquisition The impact of seismic on the environment - a study addressing the effects of seismic on snow crab for the Offshore Energy Research Association (OERA) : Gjøa platform Field adaption study for real time environmental monitoring of the Gjøa platform. 2011: Nyhamna onshore plant - subsea test pit Field adaption study for leak detection from the subsea equipment test pit at the Ormen Lange Nyhamna onshore plant : Biota Guard Arctic project A technical concept study of the Biota Guard Subsea System for monitoring subsea installations. Testing and development of new biosensors suitable for depths down to 500 metres in Arctic conditions : Mongstad refinery The Mongstad Test & Development Project. Final qualification of the Biota Guard System. A successful 5.5 months real-time environmental monitoring of process water discharges at the Mongstad oil refinery : Function and prototype tests Extensive function and prototype tests completed in 2007 offshore Stavanger, and in 2008 at the Ekofisk field. 9

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