Environmental Monitoring - Remote sensing from Space to Subsea

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1 Environmental Monitoring - Remote sensing from Space to Subsea Illustration:KONGSBERG 1 IFEA seminar: Integrerte operasjoner i olje og gassindustrien Stavanger, 7. desember 2011 KONGSBERG Proprietary

2 Topics Introduction Environmental Monitoring in Sensitive Areas Relevant Technologies (from subsea to space) BarentsWatch Information Portal Navigation and Positioning Aids 2 KONGSBERG Proprietary

3 Facts about KONGSBERG Kongsberg Gruppen (KONGSBERG) is a knowledge-based group that supplies high-technology systems and solutions to customers engaged in the oil and gas industry, the merchant marine, and the defence and aerospace industries Operations generally address the international market, with Europe, the USA, the Middle East and Asia as the most important geographical areas Operations in more than 25 countries 30 per cent of the Group's more than employees work outside Norway In 2010, KONGSBERG earned 84 per cent of its consolidated operating revenues of NOK 15.5 billion outside Norway 3 KONGSBERG Proprietary

4 Operations in more than 25 countries 4 KONGSBERG Proprietary

6 Barents Sea Operations - Major challenges Permanent ice Ice part of the year Climate and seasonal variations Vulnerable natural resources No Ice Key economical activities (Fisheries, Oil and Gas, Tourism) Increasing ship traffic Ice conditions 6 KONGSBERG Proprietary

7 The Government wants these elements to co-exist Licence to operate challenges Energy (Zero_Discharge) Food Environment 7 KONGSBERG Proprietary

8 Example: Statoil plans to integrate environmental monitoring into daily operations 8 KONGSBERG Proprietary

10 Systems and solutions supporting the Barents 2020 vision KONGSBERG is focused on developing unique solutions for maritime operations, in particular systems to support the oil and gas industry. KONGSBERG provides integrated real-time situation awareness pictures from a broad set of sensor technologies including satellite based sensors, surface and underwater sensors. Typical applications are continous monitoring of maritime operations, vessel traffic, environmental monitoring and vessel navigation and positioning. 10 KONGSBERG Proprietary

11 Integrated Operations for the oil & gas platforms Onshore Support Center Platform Subsystems Kongsberg Other suppliers Supplier support Marine Control System Subsea Control System Power Mng.mnt System Dynamic Process Simulation Process Control System Monitoring and control of all systems on the platform Central Control Room Safety Management Systems Information Management Systems 11 KONGSBERG Proprietary

12 Kongsberg Process Control Process Control systems (AIM *) Subsea Control systems (AIM *) Safety Systems (AIM *) Vessel Control (AIM*, DP) Information Management *) AIM Albatross Integrated Multifunction sytems Drilling platforms The Statfjord field Heidrun FPU Åsgard A FPSO 12 KONGSBERG Proprietary

13 Environmental Monitoring Integrated in Daily Operations Third parties, including Authorities and NGOs Field Operator License Partners Logistics Integrated Operations: through real time collaborative work environments and optimized work processes Vendors IEM Real time integrated environmental monitoring IO Real time production management and asset integrity 13 KONGSBERG Proprietary

14 Environmental monitoring issues General surface and sub-surface surveillance within the area of operational interest Monitoring of the local water column, sediments and marine life Awareness of marine life vulnerability limits and margins Capability to detect very small discharges to the sea 14 KONGSBERG Proprietary

15 Environmental monitoring activities in KONGSBERG Ongoing projects Traditional fisheries surveys Stock assessment Ocean observatories Ecosystem monitoring Marine mammals Fish and plankton Habitat (kelp, coral reefs) Oceanographic variables Renewable energy (wind mill parks, tidal turbines) Ecological status (baseline, construction, operation) Marine mammal alarm Oil and gas Leakage Ecosystem monitoring Seismic exploration Marine mammal detection Illustrasjon: Statoil 15 KONGSBERG Proprietary

16 Subsea Environmental Monitoring 1. Sensors on seabed infrastructure. Standardized SIIS interface 2. Sensor nodes with acoustic communication for extended reach and areas without infrastructure 3. Underwater sensors for regular leakage detection monitoring. Environmental sensors: Sniffer Acoustic sensors Camera Hydrophone Current profiler Conductivity Temperatur Turbidity Chemical sensors 16 KONGSBERG Proprietary

17 Subsea Sensor Technologies Subsea sensor technology: AUV Acoustic sensors to map and monitor the underwater environment, including water column. Underwater camera systems Fishery sonars and echo sounders Acoustic network technology: Sensor nodes Communication Navigation 17 KONGSBERG Proprietary

18 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Technologies Subsea- and seabed mapping and monitoring applications Example of an ultimate Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) for long range and endurance surveys and surveillance with fully autonomous performance Operations under direct acoustic control, semi-autonomous or in fully autonomous mode to 3500 m depth. Sensors for real-time detection of chemical pollution Seabed mapping (from Ormen Lange, NCS) 18 KONGSBERG Proprietary

19 AUV sensors for environmental monitoring Examples : Optical sensor for for detection of hydro carbon gases (crude oil and gas) Flourometric sensor for detection of polyaromatric hydro carbons (refined oil, i.e. oil spills) Sonars for leakage detection Sub-bottom profiler for sea bed inspection and indication of reservoir leakages Camera HUGIN modular payload section: Hydro-carbons and CO sniffers EH sensor (oxidation potential 19 KONGSBERG Proprietary

20 AUV Pipeline Inspection HUGIN 1000 AUV has existing pipeline inspection capability Active pipeline tracking under development Pipeline mapped with HUGIN 1000 equipped with HISAS 1030 synthetic aperture sonar Pipe mapped with HUGIN 1000 camera 20 KONGSBERG Proprietary

21 Acoustic Sensors Example: Gas plume mapped by EM 302 multibeam echo sounder NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE EK 60 fishery echosounder in GoM Mud volcano SBP 120 / EM 21 KONGSBERG Proprietary

22 Subsea sensor nodes in an acoustic comms network Surface Surface Network Basic functions: Sensor nodes Communication Navigation Vertical Network Uploading of stored data All or max/min/average Network Horizontal Seabed Sensor Sensor data format Serial data Analog 22 Power to sensors From internal battery Power control KONGSBERG Proprietary Data Storage Sampling and storage of data

23 Satellite images for enhanced Situational Awareness Ground Stations at Svalbard and in Antarctica Ship detection Oil spill detection and monitoring Ice tracking 23 KONGSBERG Proprietary

24 KONGSBERG satellite services for resource and environmental monitoring - Pole to Pole SvalSat, 78 N 14 of 14 orbits Tromsø Station, 69 N, 10 of 14 orbits Grimstad, 58 N 24 KONGSBERG Proprietary TrollSat/Antarctica, 72 S 12 of 14 orbits

25 Direct downlink area 3 sites in the Northen Hemisphere Svalbard Tromsø Grimstad Direct downlink Provision of images in less than 10 minutes Analysis and information delivery in less than 1 hour 25 KONGSBERG Proprietary

26 Satellite observation for continious monitoring ships, oil spill, weather, oceanographics Combination of radar and optical data with derived information Optical HR 26 KONGSBERG Proprietary

27 Oil spill detection from maritime operations Even small oil spill can be correlated with vessel track history. Oil spill Ship Illustration: Envisat KONGSBERG Proprietary

28 Adding Environmental Information wind 28 KONGSBERG Proprietary Miljødata fra NPI/ Forvaltningsplanen

29 Satellite based ice detection SAR data (RADARSAT-1) for detection and classification of ice Situation awareness concerning ice is important for Offshore Oil & Gas Fisheries Transport Defence and Security Tourism 29 KONGSBERG Proprietary

31 BarentsWatch A new web-based portal to vital information about the Northern Region A government funded program under the Barents 2020 umbrella First phase operational from 2012 Project led by Norwegian Coastal Authority Kongsberg Spacetec AS awarded the contract 9Sept 2011 for developing the system 31 KONGSBERG Proprietary

32 Web-based information portal provides easy access to knowledge and information for the Northern region Climate/ Environment Sea Transport Marine Resources Offshore Oil & Gas Authorities Regulations 32 KONGSBERG Proprietary

34 High accuracy position and tracking systems for safer maritime operations 34 KONGSBERG Proprietary

35 Leading navigation and positioning supplier Seismic vessels Drill rigs / platforms FPSO / Shuttle tankers Survey / Hydrographic vessels Support Vessels (MPSV/AHTS) 35 KONGSBERG Proprietary

36 Norwegian Coastal Administration Vardø Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) Monitoring all ships in the Norwegian Coastal Waters Information exchange with Local Maritime Safety Agency (MSA) Linked to all regional VTS centers The KONGSBERG C-Scope VTS System 36 KONGSBERG Proprietary

37 Automatic Identification System Automatic Identification System KONGSBERG provides the full range of AIS products including AIS Infrastructure components and AIS for vessels. GNSS Satellites AIS Satellites AIS Mobile Station AIS AtoN Base Stations AIS Mobile stations: Standard AIS class A Portable AIS VHF Comm. AIS VDL Link. Fixed line AIS Infrastructure: AIS Base Stations AIS Service management SW applications A Service Control Center 37 KONGSBERG Proprietary

38 Analysis of Maritime Safety Management in the High North Study topics 1. Environment and geography 2. Emergency preparedness, SAR services and EER (Escape, Evacuation and Rescue) 3. Information and data 4. Communication, surveillance and tracking 5. National and international governance The study included practical testing of various communication means strengths and weakness in the northern areas. The study was led by KONGSBERG together with MARINTEK. 38 KONGSBERG Proprietary

39 Arctic GNSS Initiative Support and experts advice to public authorities in matters related to safe navigation, tracking and monitoring, precise and reliable position references for critical operations Point of Contact: Kongsberg Seatex, Trondheim. GNSS Global Navigation Satellite Systems 39 KONGSBERG Proprietary

40 Key focus areas Safety and security Offshore operations in the high north Northern routes (maritime and aviation) Signal propagation at high latitudes Effects of ionosphere and troposphere Satellite constellations and effects at high latitudes Mitigation techniques of effects in the Arctic Reliability of navigation solutions Integrated solutions Mapping vs. positioning Communication Tracking 40 KONGSBERG Proprietary

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