scholarly journals Drilling for the future: Gendered justifications of the Arctic fossil fuel industry

Polar Record ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sohvi Kangasluoma
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Public Marketing ◽  
Oil And Gas Fields ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Fossil Fuel Industry ◽  
Fuel Industry ◽  
Gas Fields ◽  
Opening Up

Abstract Despite the global alarm caused by accelerating climate change, hydrocarbon companies are exploring and opening up new oil and gas fields all over the world, including the Arctic. With increasing attention on the Arctic, companies address the growing global environmental pressure in their public marketing in various ways. This article examines the webpages of Norwegian Equinor and Russian Gazprom & Gazprom Neft. Building on feminist discussions, I analyse the different justification strategies these fossil fuel companies working in the Arctic utilise in order to support their ongoing operations. This article concludes that in order to justify their operations in the Arctic, the Norwegian and Russian companies emphasise values based on discourses that have historically and culturally been associated with masculine practices, such as the control of nature enabled by technology. These justifications are thus reinforcing the narrative of the Arctic as a territory to be conquered and mastered. Even though the companies operate in different sociopolitical contexts, the grounds of justification are rather similar. Their biggest differences occur in their visual presentations of gender, which I argue is part of the justification. Approaching the fossil fuel industry from a feminist perspective allows questioning the dominant conceptualisations, which the justifications of Arctic hydrocarbon companies are based on.

Determining factors of the unconsolidated rocks of Cenomanian reservoir on the Bolshekhetskaya depression

2021 ◽  
pp. 57-68
Author(s):  
N. Yu. Moskalenkо
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Seas ◽  
Reservoir Rocks ◽  
Carbonate Cements ◽  
Oil And Gas Fields ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
Thermobaric Conditions ◽  
Gas Fields ◽  
Hydrocarbon Reserves

The relevance of the article is associated with the importance of the object of the research. Dozens of unique and giant oil and gas fields, such as Urengoyskoye, Medvezhye, Yamburgskoye, Vyngapurovskoye, Messoyakhskoye, Nakhodkinskoye, Russkoye, have been identified within the Cenomanian complex. The main feature of Cenomanian rocks is their slow rock cementation. This leads to significant difficulties in core sampling and the following studies of it; that is the direct and most informative source of data on the composition and properties of rocks that create a geological section.The identification of the factors, which determine the slow rock cementation of reservoir rocks, allows establishing a certain order in sampling and laboratory core studies. Consequently, reliable data on the reservoir and estimation of hydrocarbon reserves both of discovered and exploited fields and newly discovered fields that are being developed on the territory of the Gydan peninsula and the Bolshekhetskaya depression will be obtained. This study is also important for the exploration and development of hydrocarbon resources of the continental shelf in the waters of the Arctic seas of Russia as one of the most promising areas.As a result of the analysis, it was found that the formation of rocks of the PK1-3 Cenomanian age of the Bolshekhetskaya depression happened under conditions of normal compaction of terrigenous sedimentary rocks that are located in the West Siberian basin. Slow rock cementation of reservoir rocks is associated with relatively low thermobaric conditions of their occurrence, as well as the low content of clay and absence of carbonate cements. Their lithological and petrophysical characteristics are close to the analogous Cenomanian deposits of the northern fields of Western Siberia and can be applied to other unconsolidated rocks studied areas.

scholarly journals Designing problems of oil fields infrustructre in the Arctic under the climate change

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 130-135
Author(s):  
Elena A. Poskonina ◽  
Anna N. Kurchatova
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Thermal Stabilization ◽  
Oil Fields ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Soil Conditions ◽  
Industrial Facilities ◽  
Oil And Gas Fields ◽  
Gas Fields ◽  
Forecast Modeling

Background. Designing problems of oil fields infrastructure in the Arctic under climate change, namely, applying of temperature coefficient when calculating bearing capacity, heaving of lightly loaded foundations, optimization of thermal stabilization solutions are presented in the article. Aim. To change the strategy for designing foundations on permafrost by choosing the worst soil conditions to the implementation of an invariant matrix for designing and construction of soil bases and foundations considering specifics of industrial facilities of oil and gas fields based on unified numerical calculations (regulations). Materials and methods. An overview of the current regulatory requirements to the design of foundations on permafrost is made. The analysis of forecast modeling of the temperature of soil bases of typical industrial facilities of oil and gas fields to justify design solutions and also the use of thermal stabilization systems is done. Results. It is proposed to develop a regional directory of weather stations with long observation period based on updated climate data to decrease the volume of designing work and the amount of mistakes in applying of thermal stabilization systems. It is necessary to create regional dynamic models of permafrost geosystems, implement forecast modeling of seasonal thawing potential depth and frozen ground temperature in natural landscapes on the base of geotechnical monitoring data and select adaptation methods to existing or expecting climate change trends. Conclusions. Regulations on designing and construction of soil bases and foundations on permafrost considering specifics of industrial facilities of oil and gas fields is an effective solution. It allows moving on the strategy implementation of uniform approaches to oil fields development on permafrost: from designing for every structure on the base of typical solutions and results of engineering surveys to invariant matrix of project solutions.

Statoil’S R&D Efforts Related To Development Of Oil And Gas Fields On The Arctic Shelf

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
O.T. Gudmestad ◽  
J.E. Vindstad ◽  
H. Greiff Johnsen ◽  
A.B. Zolotukhin
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Arctic Shelf ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Oil And Gas Fields ◽  
Gas Fields

scholarly journals Movers and Shakers: Stock Market Response to Induced Seismicity in Oil and Gas Business

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (23) ◽  
pp. 8051
Author(s):  
Matthijs Jan Kallen ◽  
Bert Scholtens
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Induced Seismicity ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Market Participants ◽  
Stock Market Reaction ◽  
Oil And Gas Fields ◽  
The Us ◽  
Royal Dutch Shell ◽  
Gas Fields

Investors increasingly need to account for concerns about non-financial performance and to consider the environmental impact of fossil fuel investment. We analyze how financial investors appreciate induced seismicity in oil and gas fields in the US and the Netherlands. We employ an event study to investigate the stock market reaction of investors in two fossil fuel majors, ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell. We establish that stock market participants’ response is positively but weakly related to induced seismicity with ExxonMobil. This suggests that markets might interpret this seismicity as a signal of future productivity. With Royal Dutch Shell, there is no significant association, suggesting that their investors do not specifically appreciate its externalities. We conclude that the externality of induced seismicity goes unpriced.

scholarly journals Basic Principles (Indicators) for Assessing the Technical and Economic Potential of Developing Arctic Offshore Oil and Gas Fields

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1400
Author(s):  
Gennady Stroykov ◽  
Yurii N. Vasilev ◽  
Oleg V. Zhukov
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Economic Potential ◽  
Oil And Gas Fields ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Gas Fields

Sustainable development of the Arctic is the main priority of the state policy regarding regional development of the Russian Federation. The study of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation for the formation of principles, methods and strategies, as well as organizational and economic mechanisms for its sustainable development is topical at present. This article deals with one of the strategic decision-making tools used in the process of implementing the development program for the Russian Arctic, namely, the assessment of the technical and economic potential of the Arctic fields. The purpose of this assessment is to rank the fields according to the priority of their commissioning for a more optimal distribution of costs in the development of Arctic resources. This paper presents the results and methodology of technical and economic potential estimation in general, and the potential of the Arctic oil and gas fields in particular. An analysis of the conceptual apparatus in the field of the evaluation of various types of potential is carried out. The methodology for assessing the technical and economic potential of a field are investigated. The problems arising in the process of such an assessment are revealed. Recommendations for improving the methodology of assessing the technical and economic potential of oil and gas fields in the Arctic are given. The necessity of expanding the list of indicators for assessing the technical and economic potential of these fields, taking into account current trends, has been noted. A list of 10 technical and 26 economic indicators to assess the technical and economic potential of the development of offshore Arctic fields is proposed.

scholarly journals Problems of development and economic evaluation of production of natural hydrocarbons on the offshore of the Arctic Seas

2021 ◽  
Vol 1201 (1) ◽  
pp. 012061
Author(s):  
Y Bogatkina ◽  
N Eremin ◽  
O Sardanashvili
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Economic Effect ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Seas ◽  
Oil And Gas Fields ◽  
Production Sharing ◽  
Offshore Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Fields ◽  
Offshore Oil ◽  
License Holder

Abstract The purpose of this article is to substantiate taxation models that have contributed to an increase in the efficiency of offshore oil and gas fields that are at the stage of mature development in the harsh Arctic conditions. The development of Arctic fields under the current tax regime is on the verge of profitability. As an experiment, an economic assessment of the main economic indicators of the option for the development of the Prirazlomnoye field was carried out, taking into account various tax mechanisms used to assess the effectiveness of the development of offshore oil and gas fields. The calculation results showed that the application of the tax regime in force in Russia makes the development of the Prirazlomnoye field efficient, but with a relatively low profitability for the license holder. As an alternative, the tax mechanisms laid down in the production sharing agreements in China and Russia were used, which showed a high economic effect with a low level of risk. It can be concluded that the use of taxation models, which are similar in nature to a production sharing agreement, significantly increases the efficiency of the Prirazlomnoye field development, and can bring greater financial benefits to the license holder in comparison with the current tax regime in the Russian Federation.

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