An expert knowledge based decommissioning alternative selection system for fixed oil and gas assets in the South China Sea

The article shows the history of the energy cooperation develop- ment between oil and gas companies (OGC) of the Russian Federation (RF) and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV) on the continental shelf of Vietnam in the South China Sea. Despite the richest reserves of natural resources and, in particular, hydrocarbons in the territory of Vietnam, slightly less than half of the potential oil reserves and about a third of the potential natural gas reserves have been explored. The desire of the Vietnamese leadership to develop rela- tions in the oil and gas sector with foreign countries has led to the attraction of foreign oil and gas companies to the search, exploration and development of oil and gas fields on the shelf of the SRV in the South China Sea. Russian oil and gas companies are among the key partners in hydrocarbon production. The article shows the spheres of cooperation between Russian and Vietnamese oil and gas companies, its prospects and risks. The authors note that not only Russian oil and gas companies operate in Vietnam, but Vietnamese oil and gas companies have also gained access to Russian fields in the Russian Federation.

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Joint development in the South China Sea: Exploring the prospects of oil and gas cooperation between rivals

Energy Research & Social Science ◽

10.1016/j.erss.2016.12.014 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 24 ◽

pp. 65-70 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Emily Meierding

Keyword(s):

South China Sea ◽

South China ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

The South China Sea ◽

The South ◽

Joint Development ◽

China Sea

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Extreme Vertical Deepwater Current Profiles in the South China Sea, Offshore Borneo

29th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering: Volume 4 ◽

10.1115/omae2010-21006 ◽

2010 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Rizwan Sheikh ◽

Alison Brown

Keyword(s):

South China Sea ◽

South China ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Extreme Event ◽

Current Data ◽

Empirical Orthogonal Functions ◽

The South China Sea ◽

The South ◽

China Sea ◽

Reliability Method

This paper details a study of extreme oceanographic currents at deepwater locations offshore Borneo in the South China Sea. With the global demand for oil and gas set to rise steadily over the long-term, oil and gas operators are ever more exploring deeper waters in search of reserves. Often, these finds are economically marginal and challenging from an engineering perspective. Offshore Borneo is a typical example of this, where one such challenge is the prediction of extreme current speeds. Indeed, currents in deepwater are more complex and less constant with depth. As a consequence, the vertical profile associated to an extreme event is integral in the design and safe operation of deepwater facilities. Until recent exploration little measured full-depth deepwater current data has been available. With new datasets for multiple offshore locations, current speeds through the water column are approximated using Empirical Orthogonal Functions (EOFs) and their extreme profiles derived using the inverse First Order Reliability Method (FORM). These profiles are then compared with consideration of different types of current events and used as a basis to formulate idealised deepwater design vertical current speed profiles for locations offshore Borneo that are application specific.

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Pre-Tertiary oil and gas potential in the South China Sea

Energy ◽

10.1016/0360-5442(85)90056-8 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 10 (3-4) ◽

pp. 403-412 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Henri Fontaine ◽

Maurice Mainguy

Keyword(s):

South China Sea ◽

South China ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

The South China Sea ◽

The South ◽

China Sea ◽

Gas Potential

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South China Sea

Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy ◽

10.1163/24519391-00201003 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 9-24 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hui Zhong ◽

Michael White

Keyword(s):

South China Sea ◽

South China ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Negative Impact ◽

The Philippines ◽

The South China Sea ◽

The South ◽

China Sea ◽

Global Commerce ◽

The Republic

The South China Sea is a maritime space where States have overlapping claims and unsettled maritime boundaries. While driven by territorial competition for ownership of some of the islands, the core contradictions are more related to freedom of navigation. This sea is one of the world’s most important shipping, trade and energy routes, a rich potential source of sub-sea oil and gas and a major fisheries area. The Republic of the Philippines v The People’s Republic of China Arbitral Tribunal Decision of 12 July 2016 1 (the arbitral ruling) under the United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea 1982 heightened the tensions in the area but they had previously been long standing and it merely escalated the concern that the tensions would impede or even halt regional and global commerce. This article focuses on the importance of the South China Sea and argues that if the South China Sea issue is not handled properly, it would be damaging to the exporting and the importing countries in this region in particular and worldwide trade in general. There has already been a negative impact on economic cooperation and the long term development in Southeast Asia and further tensions could be highly damaging for all of the countries concerned.

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Территориальный спор в Южно-Китайском море в энергетическом измерении: позиции Китая, Вьетнама и России

Известия Восточного института ◽

10.24866/2542-1611/2020-1/64-72 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 45 (1) ◽

pp. 64-72

Author(s):

P. А. Skiruta ◽

I. N. Zolotukhin

Keyword(s):

South China Sea ◽

South China ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

The South China Sea ◽

Strategic Partnership ◽

The South ◽

Territorial Conflict ◽

Hydrocarbon Production ◽

China Sea ◽

Oil And Gas Fields

В данной статье рассматривается политико-экономическая составляющая морского территориального конфликта между КНР и СРВ в Южно-Китайском море (ЮКМ), а также позиция России, находящейся в отношениях всеобъемлющего стратегического партнёрства с обоими диспутантами и заинтересованной в освоении нефтегазовых месторождений ЮКМ. Методологической основой работы является анализ результатов исследований отечественных и зарубежных авторов, а также материалов и документов в изучаемой проблеме. В статье представлены статистические данные по добыче углеводородов на территории ЮКМ, а также дана оценка рисков для России, Китая и Вьетнама. In this article, we will consider the political and economic components of the maritime territorial conflict between China and Vietnam in the South China Sea, as well as the position of Russia, which is in a comprehensive strategic partnership with both disputants. The maritime territorial conflict in South China Sea has existed for many years and is investigated by many researchers because both claimants cannot come to term with each other. The article briefly describes the conflict anatomy and arguments submitted by both countries. Russia is interested in developing the oil and gas fields of the South China Sea. It should be emphasized that Russia is trying to keep economic cooperation with both China and Vietnam despite the considered conflict. The methodological basis of the work includes the analysis of the research findings from domestic and foreign authors, as well as materials and documents in the problem studied. The article presents the statistics on hydrocarbon production in the area of the South China Sea. The estimation and analysis of both risks and prospects for further cooperation in the disputed areas are given in the work

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Integrated Russian-Vietnamese geological-geophysical and oceanographic expedition in the South China Sea (R/V “Akademik M.A. Lavrentyev”, cruise 88, 2019)

Вестник ДВО РАН ◽

10.37102/08697698.2020.211.3.015 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Р.Б. ШАКИРОВ ◽

Н.С. ЛИ ◽

А.И. ОБЖИРОВ ◽

М.Г. ВАЛИТОВ ◽

В.Т. СЪЕДИН ◽

...

Keyword(s):

South China Sea ◽

South China ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

The South China Sea ◽

New Mineral ◽

The South ◽

China Sea ◽

Hydrological Structure ◽

Iron Manganese ◽

First Time

В ноябре 2019 г. в Южно-Китайском море (исключительная экономическая зона СРВ) впервые за последние 30 лет была проведена крупная комплексная геолого-геофизическая совместная экспедиция ТОИ ДВО РАН и Вьетнамской академии наук и технологий (88-й рейс НИС «Академик М.А. Лаврентьев»). Области изучения – геофизика, геология, гидроакустика, газогеохимия, гидрооптика, геомикробиология, палеогеография и гидрология. В толще вод и донных отложениях впервые обнаружены газогеохимические аномалии, сравнимые с аномалиями над нефтегазоносным шельфом о-ва Сахалин. Впервые в районе исследований выявлены геомикробиологические индикаторы углеводородных скоплений. Уточнены рельеф, геофизические поля, гидрологическая структура, особенности седиментации, палеогеографии и минералогии континентального шельфа Вьетнама и прилегающих глубоководных бассейнов. Предложено выделить тонкодисперсные карбонатно-глинистые осадочные отложения в самостоятельный минеральный ресурс. Выявлены районы, перспективные для поисков новых залежей нефти и газа, газогидратов, скоплений железо-марганцевых образований и др. Более 70 % научного состава экспедиции составляли молодые ученые. In November 2019, for the first time in 30 years, an integrated geological and geophysical joint expedition of the POI FEB RAS and the Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology was carried out in the South China Sea (EEZ Vietnam) (88 cruise of the R/V “Akademik M.A. Lavrent’yev”). The set of methods consisted of geophysics, geology, hydroacoustics, gasgeochemistry, hydrooptics, geomicrobiology, paleogeography and hydrology. Gasgeochemical anomalies were found in the water column and bottom sediments, comparable with the anomalies over the oil and gas deposits along the Sea of Okhotsk shelf of Sakhalin Island. For the first time in the study area, deep water geomicrobiological indicators of hydrocarbon accumulations have been identified. The relief, geophysical fields, hydrological structure, features of sedimentation, paleogeography and mineralogy of the continental shelf of Vietnam and the adjacent deep sea basins are refined. Finely dispersed carbonate-clay sediments were proposed as a new mineral resource. Areas that are promising for the search for new deposits of oil and gas, gashydrates, accumulations of iron-manganese formations, and others are identified. Young scientists occupied more than 60 % of the scientific expedition staff.

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