scholarly journals Digital technology risk reduction mechanisms to enhance ecological and human safety in the northern sea route for oil and gas companies

2021 ◽  
Vol 258 ◽  
pp. 06047
Author(s):  
Ishel Bianco ◽  
Igor Ilin ◽  
Alexander Iliinsky
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
New Technology ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Safety Risks ◽  
Reduction Mechanisms ◽  
Arctic Sea ◽  
Transportation Routes ◽  
Oil And Gas Companies

Climate change has removed large quantities of ice and has removed impediments to Arctic sea navigation and in doing so has opened up a new route. Most of these ice-free routes can be used for navigation including oil and gas logistics and transportation and reducing transit by more than 5000 nautical miles. While these events allow for a widening of transportation routes but many challenges naturally inherent to the Arctic are still present, for example, the risk of possible oil spills in the very sensitive ecosystem and the safety risks to crew and equipment. New Technology offers more thorough ways to minimize and manage this risk and to preserve the integrity of ecosystems, safety of people and the profits of companies where operations are more cost sensitive and difficult than in other regions of the world. This paper proposes one model of risk reduction and evaluates the best ways to reduce ecological and safety risks of oil and gas companies operating in the Arctic route. It also proposes methods to incorporate digital value into the organization through four sectors, Sustainability, Efficiency, Accountability and Profitability.

scholarly journals MECHANISMS FOR REDUCING TECHNOLOGICAL RISKS OF OIL AND GAS COMPANIES TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY IN THE ARCTIC REGION.

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (1/2021) ◽  
pp. 4-13
Author(s):  
Aleksander A. Ilinskiy ◽  
◽  
Ishel Ester Bianco ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Resource ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Oil And Gas Development ◽  
Safety Risks ◽  
Arctic Sea ◽  
Oil And Gas Companies

The main driver of the development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation is the industrial development of the mineral resource base of minerals. The projected resources of the Arctic Shelf should be considered as a huge mineral resource potential ofthe oil and gas complex of the Russian economy in the long term. The scientific justification of critical technologies of oil and gas development in the Arctic and the Arctic sea shelf should include an assessment of the environmental consequences in theArctic region. Climate change has removed large quantities of ice and has removed impediments to Arctic sea navigation and in doing so has opened up a new route. Most of these ice-free routes can be used for navigation including oil and gas logistics andtransportation, and reducing transit by more than 5000 nautical miles. While these events allow for a widening of transportation routes but many challenges naturally inherent to the Arctic are still present, for example, the risk of possible oil spills inthe very sensitive ecosystem and the safety risks to crew and equipment. New Technology offers more thorough ways to minimize and manage this risk and to preserve the integrity of ecosystems, safety of people and the profits of companies where operations are more cost sensitive and difficult than in other regions of the world. This paper proposes one model of risk reduction and evaluates the best ways to reduce ecological and safety risks of oil and gas companies operating in the Arctic route. It also proposes methods to incorporate digital value into the organization through four sectors, Sustainability, Efficiency, Accountability and Profitability.

To the issue of application of thermoplastic reinforced pipes for the construction of oil and gas pipelines in the Arctic

2020 ◽  
pp. 88-99
Author(s):  
A. A. Tolmachev ◽  
V. A. Ivanov ◽  
T. G. Ponomareva
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Labor Costs ◽  
Hydrocarbon Production ◽  
Environmental Disasters ◽  
The North ◽  
Reinforcing Fibers ◽  
Wear And Tear ◽  
Oil And Gas Companies ◽  
Reinforcing Layer

Ensuring the safety of oil and gas facilities and increasing their facility life are today one of the most important tasks. Emergencies related to rupture and damage of steel pipelines because of their wear and tear and external factors are still the most frequent cases of emergencies during the transportation of hydrocarbons. To expand the fuel and energy complex in the north, in the direction of the Arctic, alternative types of pipelines are needed that solve the problems of reducing energy and labor costs in oil and gas companies, reducing the risk of environmental disasters and depressurization of pipelines during hydrocarbon production. Fiber-reinforced thermoplastic pipes can be such an alternative. This article is devoted to a comparative analysis of the materials of a composite system consisting of a thermoplastic pipe (inner layer) and reinforcing fibers (outer layer); we are discussing the design of the structural system consisting of polyethylene (inner layer) and aramid fibers (outer reinforcing layer).

Assessing the potential to detect oil spills in and under snow using airborne ground-penetrating radar

Geophysics ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. G1-G12 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H. Bradford ◽  
David F. Dickins ◽  
Per Johan Brandvik
Keyword(s):  
Ground Penetrating Radar ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Unsaturated Flow ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
Impedance Contrast ◽  
Snow Stratigraphy ◽  
Natural Snow ◽  
Ground Penetrating

With recent increased interest in oil and gas exploration and development in the Arctic comes increased potential for an accidental hydrocarbon release into the cryosphere, including within and at the base of snow. There is a critical need to develop effective and reliable methods for detecting such spills. Numerical modeling shows that ground-penetrating radar (GPR) is sensitive to the presence of oil in the snow pack over a broad range of snow densities and oil types. Oil spills from the surface drain through the snow by the mechanisms of unsaturated flow and form geometrically complex distributions that are controlled by snow stratigraphy. These complex distributions generate an irregular pattern of radar reflections that can be differentiated from natural snow stratigraphy, but in many cases, interpretation will not be straightforward. Oil located at the base of the snow tends to reduce the impedance contrast with the underlying ice or soil substrate resulting in anomalously low-amplitude radar reflections. Results of a controlled field experiment using a helicopter-borne, [Formula: see text] GPR system showed that a [Formula: see text]-thick oil film trapped between snow and sea ice was detected based on a 51% decrease in reflection strength. This is the first reported test of GPR for the problem of oil detection in and under snow. Results indicate that GPR has the potential to become a robust tool that can substantially improve oil spill characterization and remediation.

scholarly journals EU INTERESTS IN DEVELOPING ARCTIC SEA ROUTES

2013 ◽  
pp. 47-53
Author(s):  
N. I. Vorobyev
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Maritime Transport ◽  
North West ◽  
Northwest Passage ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
Maritime Shipping ◽  
Arctic Sea ◽  
Russian North ◽  
The Eu

The article considers the European Union’s key strategic interests in the increased use of the Arctic routes, especially the Northern Sea Route (NSR), but also the Northwest Passage. This issue is high on the agenda given the EU dependence on the maritime transport accounting for the predominant share of the Union’s trade. The EU technological, financial and human resources can contribute greatly to the development if the Arctic seaways which would in turn benefit the member states. The author notes that the EU has already actively engaged in designing the framework regulation for the Arctic maritime shipping including the legal, environmental and safety provisions. Securing an innocent passage of ships through the Arctic waters is one of the main objectives in this regard considering that none of the EU members are Arctic coastal states. Another issue at stake is delivering Arctic oil and gas reserves highly important for the EU to the continent for which developed seaborne transport is crucial. The article also gives an overview of the EU practical steps with regards to the Arctic routes including projects aimed at connecting the Union’s transport system with the Russian North West and potentially the NSR. It is noted that the EU is highly interested in exploiting the potential of the Arctic sea routes and focuses on international cooperation to achieve the goal. Increased EU cooperation with the Arctic coastal states including Russia would be mutually beneficial given the opportunities the new routes offer and the EU resources that can be used to support their development.

Arctic Marine Shore Classification for Regional Planning and Environmental Assessment

1984 ◽  
Vol 16 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 569-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
D M Welch
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Regional Planning ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Habitat Assessment ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
Comprehensive Planning ◽  
Emergency Measures

Proposed developments of oil and gas in Canada's Arctic may impact severely on shorelines, wildlife and habitats, and native land uses in the coastal zone. The large scale of these projects requires prior comprehensive planning and environmental assessment at regional scales. Along with other social and environmental information, data on shore types is required. This paper describes a Canadian program of Arctic marine shore classification at regional scales. To date, 20 classes of landform association are used to map, at 1:250,000, shore types for about one-third of the Arctic islands. Applications can include the rating of sensitivity to oil spills, logistics planning for monitoring and emergency measures, site selection and habitat assessment, etc. Examples of shore classes and evaluations are given.

Methodology for Assessing the Disclosure Quality of Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility Information

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-21
Author(s):  
Anastasiya Kornilova ◽  
Sergey Nikonorov
Keyword(s):  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Environmental Responsibility ◽  
Disclosure Quality ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Oil And Gas Companies

The subject of this study is corporate social and environmental responsibility. The object is the assessment of responsibility information disclosure quality based on the methodology developed by the authors and responsibility model. Analysis of the disclosure quality is based on data from public sources — annual nonfinancial reports of companies. This study shows examples of assessment methodology application for six Russian oil and gas companies — «Gazprom Neft», «Lukoil», «Rosneft», «Zarubezhneft», «Surgutneftegaz» and «Novatek» — based on their 2014 annual reports. The purpose of the research is to present a methodology for assessing the information disclosure quality in companies’ public sources of information about their social and environmental responsibility practices. The main results of the study is to present the methodology with practical examples of its use. The uniqueness of the study lies in the fact that the methodology is based on indicators of the Model of corporate social and environmental responsibility which is developed by the authors’. The practical significance of the study is determined by the possibility to apply the developed methodology for assessing the disclosure quality of social and environmental responsibility for companies from other sectors and based in other countries. Study the disclosure of social and environmental responsibility in the companies’ annual reports is part of a larger study of environmental and social responsibility of Russian oil and gas companies that have their projects in the Arctic region.

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