Conference; Cold Climate Technology (ICCCT) in Narvik, 27 28 May 2014 «Regional specific challenges in the Barents Sea» Knut Aaneland North Energy ASA
Presentation Overall perspectives Security of supplies Effective use of resources The arctic Barents Sea Where is it and what is special? Is a new mind set required? Safety and risk Installations and personnel Economy Regularity and cost 2
Barents Sea - geopolitical importance Security of supply for Europe Gas must replace coal Norwegian gas to replace Russian gas Oil is the econimic driver (as gas infrastructure is missing) Norways best geoplitical cards Competence and technology Infrastructure and capacity Sustainable development Environmental awareness Exercise of sovereignty Through political frames and requirements Through active utilization, not by conservation (fredning) 3
Activity pattern; The Norwegian Barents Sea Commercial Driving forces? Hoop Political driving forces Johan Castberg Oil Terminal Veidnes
The Ice ridge is moving. The most challenging arctic area. 5
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Petroleum Safety Authority Petroleumstilsynet. 7
Barents Sea coastal and arctic different solutions New arctic solutions (new thinking) Winterization (existing solutions) 8
Perseevsky Rosneft/Statoil 9
Barents Sea climate challenges Acknowledge the difference: Coastal areas - «Winterization» Arctic areas require new solutions «Arktisk tilrettelegging» What is so special about the Arctic? Arctic storms og polar lows Long lasting icing periods Long lasting heavy snow fall (tråg) Ice bergs and «growlers» Total darkness for three months (Bear Island) Thick fog for long periods during summer Enormous distances Almost non existing communications 10
Emergency response and communications Communications Today, poor satellite coverage when passing 72 N and for practical purposes, non-existing from 75 N Real time is a prerequisite for communications, accurate navigation, effective SAR (safety and rescue) operations and accurate drilling 11
Operational challenges in the Arctic Distinguish between exploration and operation Drilling when possible during summer (temporary) Production facilities are «stuck» with arctic conditions «Ice Management» Continous surveillance of ice bergs and ice front(moving) Ice breakers, handling of ice bergs Maritime safety Technology, operations and environmental risk Polar Code, Norsok N-003 and EER Economy will depend on Regularity and risk of production stop 13
Economical challenges in the Arctic High Capex og Opex will require A large resource base «Coordinated area development» (NPD) Disrupted exploration drilling Icing/ice crowlers/sea ice Offshore offloading Low regularity due to climate conditions The captain on board decides the regularity Loss of production (low regularity) and cost for extra escorting vessels may exceed cost of routing the well stream to shore for processing 14
Maritime safety in the Arctic Crew rotation and crew change Weather restrictions may impose serious delays Helicopter versus maritime vessels? Evacuation and rescue New thinking, new life boat concepts New standards for rescue vessels Operations and technology Offshore offloading in periods with icing Sea ice; collision risk. No sight and non sufficient radar technology Accident handling, risk of oil releases to sea. SAR. 15
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Maritime emergency preparedness and response Existing technologies/best practice: 1. Evacuation Craft used for evacuation from oil fields in the Beaufort and Caspian seas (ARKTOS) 2. Totally Enclosed Motor Propelled Survival Craft (Canadian CoastGuard) 3. Offshore Service Vessel design tested by MARINTEK (STXosv) 4. Icebreaking multipurpose emergency and rescue vessel delivered to Russian Emergency Service 2014 (Arctech) 17
Example, ongoing R&D 18
Example, ongoing R&D 19
Consept for the arctic Barents Sea Large, robust field centres Junction point for subsea process plants and future tie-backs Prepared for future discoveries/field developments (Coordinated Area Development) Robust for modifications and extentions Centre for energy supply, emergency preparedness All oil and gas to shore. Offshore loading is risky and costly Norway has to prepare for the Barents Sea North Concrete again? GBS is robust The Russians are exploring their part 20
ExxonMobil Hebron platform Production due in 2017 21
Perseevsky Rosneft/Statoil 22
North Energy ASA, Markedsgata 3, Alta, Norway. Phone: (+47) 78 60 79 50 Fax: (+47) 78 60 83 50 E-Mail: post@northenergy.no www.northenergy.no 23
Emergency response and communications Multipurpose hubs - floating or land based units with support functions such as: - Emergency operations /coordination - Weather surveillance - Hospitals/medical facilities - Firefighting equipment - Oil spill recovery equipment - Additional systems and equipment for SAR - Communication facilities - Helicopter base - Etc. Multipurpose hubs with helicopter facilities supporting offshore oil & gas facilities (Source: North Energy) 24
Framtidsvisjon 25
Additional slides 26
Future Multipurpose Hubs? Multipurpose hubs - floating or land based units with support functions such as: - Emergency operations /coordination - Weather surveillance - Hospitals/medical facilities - Firefighting equipment - Oil spill recovery equipment - Additional systems and equipment for SAR - Communication facilities - Helicopter base - Maritime capabilities/ice management Multipurpose hubs with helicopter facilities supporting offshore oil & gas facilities (Source: North Energy) 27
Land based infrastructure Two pre-feasibility studies have been performed, ABB and Siemens; El. power supply in the Arctic Siemens feasibility draft based on AC long distance transport (Source: Siemens) ABB feasibility draft based on DC long distance transport (Source: ABB) 28
Operasjonell rammer Operasjonelle rammer for arktiske forhold bør etableres Av hvem? Leteboring Tidsvindu sør for o N (helårig?) Tidsvindu nord for o N (Q2 og Q3?) Avstand til iskant... km Oljelasting til havs Sør for o N (helårig/ikke ising) Nord for o N (ingen lasting pga. ising/tråg) 29
Activity Map - February 2014
Det akkumulerte bildet gir oss store utfordringer; mht. produksjon og eksport Norges totale gasseksport ca. 100 bcm/år År 2020 År 2030
I tillegg, store geopolitiske utfordringer i Barentshavet Barentshavet/Polhavet blir i økende grad en internasjonal interesseog spenningsarena. Norges interesser må ivaretas gjennom økt industriell aktivitet og tilstedeværelse. Norge må gjøre seg relevant for de store aktørene
Prinsippskisse; gass fra Barentshavet - for eksport i rør med muligheter for industriell bruk Evt. industriell bruk av gass ved avgreininger fra eksportrøret: - mineralforedling - annen industriell bruk Mulig lokalisering av nye prosessanlegg