Oil in Ice Management

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.

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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?

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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

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