Eco-safe Arctic Petroleum Exploration

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1 Eco-safe Arctic Petroleum Exploration Karin Andreassen, UiT The Arctic University of Norway Presentation at NORWAY-RUSSIA Cooperation and Development in the High North november 2014, Lysaker Oslo

2 Eco-safe refers her to the use of best available technology and practices in order to mininize impacts and risks to the Arctic environment

3 Outline of Presentation ARCEx (Research Centre for ARCtic Petroleum Exploration Background, Aims & Challenges, Organization Contents and Plans - WP1. Basin Analysis - WP2. Petroleum Systems and Play Concepts - WP3. Environmental Risk Management - WP4. Technology for Eco-Safe Exploration - WP5. Education and Outreach Norway Russia Collaboration within ARCEx

4 Background ARCEx (Research Centre for ARCtic Petroleum Exploration Research and knowledge centre for petroleum activity in the north and Arctic Announced by Research Council of Norway 2012 Topics announced I) Environmental understanding II) Resources and geoscientific conditions III) Development and operations in Arctic areas UiT was awarded ARCEx in May 2013

5 Formal opening 25 February 2014

6 ARCEx aims and challenges ARCEx (Research Centre for ARCtic Petroleum Exploration Building up Research and Knowledge Centre on Petroleum Exploration in the Arctic Focus on Resources and Geoscientific conditions in the north Including knowledge and methods on eco-safe exploration Education and recruting for the petroleum sector (in the north) Hosted by UiT The Arctic University of Norway, broad national academic and industry partnership and close collaboration with international partners Start with focus on the Barents Sea area Eventually including circum-arctic

7 Academic Partners Industry Partners National team on petroleum exploration in the Arctic and respective partners

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9 Catalogue: projects that partnes are involved in and that are related to/relevant forarcex Max synergy, Min overlap CAGE SFF Environmental MAnagement of Petroleum activities in the Barents Sea: Norwegian- Russian collaboration (EMAP) SYMBIOSES WP4 SYM-TECH Underwater acoustic navigation and communicatio n in a dynamic Arctic Ocean Environment BarMod North Barents Sea Igneous Province Barents Sea Paleozoic Baement and basin configurations (BarPz) Reconstructing the Trias northern Barents Shelf; basin infill patterns controlled by gentle sags and faults PeTriNORRUS A new 3D lithosphericscale geological and thermal model for the Barents-Kara Sea region WP3 EWMA: Northern Environmental Waste management Project CAMARE Centre for Applied Marine Environmental R&D ARCEx 4DARCTIC: Structure and evolution of arctic crust and mantle based on multiscale geophysical studies Depositional models for Cenozoic sandy systems (DEMOCEN) WP1 COOPENOR: Combined effects Of Petroleum and the Environment in bivalves from the Norwegian- Russian Arctic Late Cenozoic development of the glaciated continental margin off Troms, North Norway (LOVETRO) POLARISATION Polar cod, lipid metabolism and disruption by PAHs Sea floor stability offshore Lofoten, Northern Norway (LOSLOPE) UNIS CO2 Lab Triassic northern Barents Shelf; growth-fault basins interacting with foreland sag basins (Triassic North) WP2 Facies and sequence stratigraphy of the Upper Triassic to Middle Jurassic of the Norwegian Arctic (Fasena) Accumulation and preservation of organic matter in Upper Carboniferous - Lower Permian carbonates and evaporites, Upper Paleozoic enhanced porosity and permeability by karstification in the North Sea - and Barents Sea Barents Sea source rocks and Hydrocarbon seeps Lower Cretaceous basins in the Arctic (LoCrA) Reconstructing the response of grounded ice sheets to climatic changes (CORIBAR)

10 WP1: Basin Analysis / UiT / UiT UiT /UiT

11 WP1: Basin Analysis Increased understanding of regional geological development in the Barents Sea area and Arctic New understanding on formation and development of sedimentary basins will provide a better basis for calculating the resources in the north and will reduce the exploration risk

12 WP1 Research Tasks 1.1 Linking sedimentary basins to deeper structure 1.2 Basin Evolution (in space and time) 1.3 Uplift and Erosion (focus on the Barents Sea shelf) 1.4 Source-to-sink relationships 1.5 Numerical and analogue modelling 1.6 Arctic petroleum basins beyond the Barents Sea

13 New Professor in Petroleum geology UiT PostDoc UiO (T1.2; basin evolution in space and time) Timing and extent of main tectonic phases Regional correlations and seismic sequence stratigraphy Structural analysis basin architecture and boundary-fault mechanics Basin-forming/shaping processes PhD UiT (T1.3; uplift and erosion) New maps of regional erosion and deposition for entire Barents Sea region Identify and separate the various phases of Cenozoic uplift and erosion Model paleo-relief PostDoc UiB (T1.4; source to sink relationships; upper Paleozoic, Jurassic + Cenozoic) Provenance and paleogeography/-topography/-bathymetry for selected case studies Regional depositional dydtems and their links to offshore sequence stratigraphy Post-depositional processes

14 WP2: Petroleum systems and play concepts / UiT / UiT UiT /UiT

15 WP2: Petroleum systems and play concepts Detail knowledge on basin characteristics and paleogeography will improve prediction of the reseource potential of the Arctic Basins Field-based studies on Svalbard and other pan-arctic available land areas Providing information also about the marine areas

16 WP2 Research Tasks 2.1 Onshore-offshore correlations 2.2 Hydrocarbon sources and fluid flow 2.3 Reservoir studies 2.4 Trap and seal analysis 2.5 Quantitative analysis of petroleum systems and plays

17 New Professor in Petroleum geology UiT PhD UiT (T2.1; onshore- offshore correaltions) Field work and field sampling Integrate various onshore- and offshore datasets in ArcGIS for mapping, visualization and interpretation PostDoc UNIS (T2.5; quantitative analysis) Collect subsurface data of drilled prospect and analyse their success and faultier criteria including play fair way analyses In reginal context establish new untested play concepts and play fair way maps Use the onshore offshore link of strata to improve conceptual play concepts Master students -T2.2; Hydrocarbon source and fluid flow -T2.3; Reservoir studies -T2.4; Trap and seal analysis

18 WP3: Environmental Risk Management Provide essential knowledge and methodology for eco-safe exploration in the high north / UiT / UiT UiT /UiT

19 ARCEx WP3 Key questions addressed: What is the potential for ecosystem impacts in the Arctic? Which areas and time periods could be prioritozed for exploration activities? ECOSYSTEM FIELD STUDIES ECOTOXICOLOGY EXPERIMENTS TRAINING SEISMICS & MARINE LIFE THEORECICAL RISK FRAME- WORK FOR ARCTIC AREAS

20 WP3: Environmental Risk Management Seismics and marine life - Use of drones for marine mammal surveys in Arctic and sub-arctic areas - Examine effects of weather conditions - Define a best practice of sampling for species - Proof of concept estimate animal density and distribution in Kvaløya and West Ice - Drones as possible asset in estimating responses of marine mammals to seismic air guns Seals identified by drone Wales identified by drone Links between WP3 (UiT/APN: J.L.Carroll, M. Biuw) and WP4 (NTNU: M. Landrø; UiT/NORUT: R. Storvold)

21 WP4: Technology for Eco-safe Exploration in the Arctic Develop the best possible geophysical data acquisition strategies - with respect to the environment and the data quality

22 WP4 Research Tasks Constrain geophysical exploration in ecological vulnerable areas. Leader: Martin Landrø NTNU Seismic exploration on sea ice, snow and ice-covered land. Leader: Tor-Arne Johansen UiB Remote-sensing technology in support of geophysical exploration (using drones). Leader: Rune Storvold NORUT Seismic and CSEM data for exploration and monitoring reservoir systems of the Arctic Leader: Ståle Johansen NTNU/UiT Geophysical imaging of prospects and reservoirs from field analogues on Svalbard og Grønland. Leader: Ståle Johansen NTNU/UiT

23 WP5: Education and Outreach Offer international top level education within petroleum geosciences and biology/ecotoxicology through collaboration with BSc, MSc and PhD programs at the partner universities

24 WP5: Education and Communication 1) New Study Programs at UiT-The Arctic University of Norway by ARCEx: New Master in Petroleum Geoscience (NT-Fac, start in 2015) Application submitted and accepted by the Faculty board in March Acceptance from the University board remains New Master in Arctic Petroleum Ecotoxicology (BFE- Fac, expected start in 2017) 2) New Master courses in Petroleum - Geoscience and - Biology

25 Master course: Linking Geology, Environment and Technology New course at UNIS from August 2015 AT 333/833 ARCTIC PETROLEUM SCIENCES Understanding the overall challenges of petroleum activities in the Arctic GEOLOGY and GEOPHYSICS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND REMEDIATION BAMSE DRILLING and OPERATIONS From exploration and exploitation to environmental impacts and ecosafe operations SURVEILLANCE, RISK AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY Developed Dr. Jasmine Nahrgang

26 Outline of Presentation ARCEx (Research Centre for ARCtic Petroleum Exploration Background, Aims & Challenges, Organization Contents and Plans - WP1. Basin Analysis - WP2. Petroleum Systems and Play Concepts - WP3. Environmental Risk Management - WP4. Technology for Eco-Safe Exploration - WP5. Education and Outreach Norway Russia Collaboration within ARCEx

27 Collaboration with international partners, and in particular Russian colleagues is essential

28 ARCEx International Partners

29 WP5 Education and outreach In order to improve knowledge on the petroleum-systems of the Barents Sea area (Norwegian and Russian parts): Promote Norwegian Russian student exchange at Master and PhD level New ARCEx courses will be offered also to Russian students Develop joint agreement with MSU for ARCEx students to participate at some of their courses Earlier joint UIT/MSU student activities (Training Trough Research):

30 WP5 Education and outreach Key person: Michael Ivanov

31 Key person: Grigory Akhmanov

32 Joint UiT Russian Teaching- and Research-Cruises to the Barents Sea + Workshops in 2012 and 2013

33 ARCEx: A research centre and a network/meeting place for - competance building - planning new joint projects CAGE SFF Environmental MAnagement of Petroleum activities in the Barents Sea: Norwegian- Russian collaboration (EMAP) SYMBIOSES WP4 SYM-TECH Underwater acoustic navigation and communicatio n in a dynamic Arctic Ocean Environment BarMod North Barents Sea Igneous Province Barents Sea Paleozoic Baement and basin configurations (BarPz) Reconstructing the Trias northern Barents Shelf; basin infill patterns controlled by gentle sags and faults PeTriNORRUS A new 3D lithosphericscale geological and thermal model for the Barents-Kara Sea region WP3 EWMA: Northern Environmental Waste management Project CAMARE Centre for Applied Marine Environmental R&D ARCEx 4DARCTIC: Structure and evolution of arctic crust and mantle based on multiscale geophysical studies Depositional models for Cenozoic sandy systems (DEMOCEN) WP1 COOPENOR: Combined effects Of Petroleum and the Environment in bivalves from the Norwegian- Russian Arctic Late Cenozoic development of the glaciated continental margin off Troms, North Norway (LOVETRO) POLARISATION Polar cod, lipid metabolism and disruption by PAHs Sea floor stability offshore Lofoten, Northern Norway (LOSLOPE) UNIS CO2 Lab Triassic northern Barents Shelf; growth-fault basins interacting with foreland sag basins (Triassic North) WP2 Facies and sequence stratigraphy of the Upper Triassic to Middle Jurassic of the Norwegian Arctic (Fasena) Accumulation and preservation of organic matter in Upper Carboniferous - Lower Permian carbonates and evaporites, Upper Paleozoic enhanced porosity and permeability by karstification in the North Sea - and Barents Sea Barents Sea source rocks and Hydrocarbon seeps Lower Cretaceous basins in the Arctic (LoCrA) Reconstructing the response of grounded ice sheets to climatic changes (CORIBAR)

34 ARCEx Conference in Tromsø April 2015

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