Management of Ice Oil Spill Response Integrated into Effective Drilling plans for Arctic Ă…ke RohlĂŠn Rederi AB TransAtlantic
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Its all about people‌
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Its all about people: • World’s population is increasing by two persons per second • These people all aspire to our living standard • This drives growth in raw material consumption • This leads to rapidly increasing demand for new raw materials • Increasingly from ”remote location” – like Arctic
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TransAtlantic Arctic Mission:
”Well managed Ice” = Predictable results
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TransAtlantic experience Ice-management • • • • •
Ice-breaking service for Sweden, Finland, Estonia ”Stand-by” contract for Sweden Manager of Swedish state icebreakers Manager of icebreaking research vessel ODEN Co-Operation Agreement with Rosmorport + Gazflot
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AHTS duties
Arctic Offshore Services: • • • •
Ice Management Iceberg Management Arctic coring AHTS (in Ice Conditions) 5
Arctic Offshore Drilling: • Drilling for oil offshore in the high Arctic is progressing from ice edge to Polar-pack ice. • This step requires new practices and new technologies. • Experience from Beaufort in 1980’s is only partly valuable today.
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7 Source: Chevron Arctic Centre, Calgary
As we are in Sweden… A good car….
Volvo 144 2.0 GL, 1974
Source: Volvo, Pareto Research
A better car….
Volvo S60, 2011 8
The Best rig then…
Deep Sea Bergen Aker H-3.2, 1982
The Best rig now…
Aker Barents Aker H6, 2010
Source: Aker Solutions, Pareto Research
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Modern Arctic Drillship:
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Arctic Offshore Drilling? • Only after comprehensive risk analysis - by operators – and regulators • Will be to highest possible standard • new technology required/developed – post Macondo • Arctic in general less water depth • Weather conditions are better – than harsh open water conditions.
• Ice Management are providing predictable operating conditions 11
Ice Management Not just breaking the ice • Organization planning, including single point of control • Safety and operation manuals • Weather, ice data and processing of forecasts • Communication network • Helicopter service • Site specific emergency procedures • On site research and mapping of operating area by helicopter and icebreakers • Directing of ice-breaking
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A Normal path in ice navigattion = least resistance
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Theory – in practice..ACEX 2004
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Power and manouverability are the basic requirements for Ice-Management vessels. Ice Management is the ability to use the resources to deliver predictable results. 14
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Ice Management – Oil Spill: Operational Redundancy: • Ice Management – keeps protecting operation • Available units starts attending spill This is all you have – this is different from GOM or North Sea 16
Ice Management – Oil Spill: Remotness of operation: • • • •
Vessels must be multi-functional Same type – easy substitution Able deal with immediate response Clear plan for how to bring in more resources – that also needs protection from Ice Management 17
Ice Management – Oil Spill: Capacity? • Operators will need to demonstrate capacity to Regulators. Capacity = ability to deal with possible situations • Operator needs to illustrate how • Capacity of Ice Management is calculated • Redundancy of Ice Management is calculated • Redundant capacity = available for oil spill response 18
Ice Management – Oil Spill: Operators and Regulators need: • Breakability Index • Which ice can be boken by which type of icebreaker?
• Ice Management Productivity Index • What is productivity of Ice Management = how many vessels o which type?
• An agreement of what is acceptable risks 19
Arctic Oil Spill Response: Today: • High focus on methods • Less focus on Strategy and Resources • Individual Projects cannot carry cost of response capacity – long term. Going forward: • Agreement needed between Oil companies and Countries distributing cost – and benefit • Can we create at Arctic Rapid Emergency Response Organisation – based on existing ice breaker fleet? 20
Conclusion: • Ice Management can deliver predictable results • Operators need to illustrate capability to regulators • Technology and systems will be available in time • Shared resources for emergency response needed
Thank You 21