A Social License to Operate in the Arctic: Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities for Offshore Oil and Gas Activities in Greenland

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. C. A. Smits ◽  
E. Huber
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Social License To Operate ◽  
Social License ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Offshore Oil And Gas ◽  
Offshore Oil

Arctic Europe Between National Interests and Arctic Governance

2019 ◽  
pp. 117-131
Author(s):  
Igor Kochev ◽  
Wim Heijman
Keyword(s):  
Marine Mammals ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
National Interests ◽  
Economic Point ◽  
Oil And Gas Operations ◽  
Offshore Oil And Gas ◽  
Offshore Oil ◽  
The Eu

From an economic point of view, melting ice is making the Arctic ocean increasingly important for a number of countries – Arctic states as well as non-Arctic states. Also, the EU has clear interests in the area. This chapter provides a brief description of those interests and its implications on the EU's relationship with the Arctic partners. This note takes seven aspects of the EU-relations with the Arctic states into consideration (i.e., the institutional framework, the EU Arctic interests and policies, shipping, fishing, marine mammals, offshore oil and gas operations, and the EU's Arctic partners).

scholarly journals Approaches to Assessing the Strategic Sustainability of High-Risk Offshore Oil and Gas Projects

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 995
Author(s):  
Alexey Cherepovitsyn ◽  
Anna Tsvetkova ◽  
Nadejda Komendantova
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Project Management System ◽  
The Face ◽  
Hierarchy Analysis ◽  
Offshore Oil And Gas ◽  
Offshore Oil

In the face of today’s global challenges, oil and gas companies must define long-term priorities and opportunities in implementing complex Arctic offshore projects, taking into account environmental, economic, technological and social aspects. In this regard, ensuring strategic sustainability is the basis for long-term development. The aim of the study is to analyze existing approaches to the concept of “strategic sustainability” of an offshore Arctic oil and gas project and to develop a methodological approach to assessing the strategic sustainability of offshore oil and gas projects. In the theoretical part of the study, the approaches to defining strategic sustainability were reviewed, and their classification was completed, and the most appropriate definition of strategic sustainability for an offshore oil and gas project was chosen. The method of hierarchy analysis was used for strategic sustainability assessment. Specific criteria have been proposed to reflect the technical, geological, investment, social and environmental characteristics important to the offshore oil and gas project. The strategic sustainability of 5 offshore oil and gas projects was analyzed using an expert survey as part of the hierarchy analysis method. Recommendations were made on the development of an offshore project management system to facilitate the emergence of new criteria and improve the quality of the strategic sustainability assessment of offshore projects in the Arctic.

Optimization of OSV Fleet for an Offshore Oil and Gas Field in the Russian Arctic

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandar-Saša Milaković ◽  
Mads Ulstein ◽  
Alexei Bambulyak ◽  
Sören Ehlers
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Russian Arctic ◽  
Gas Field ◽  
Arctic Conditions ◽  
Oil And Gas Field ◽  
Offshore Oil And Gas ◽  
Offshore Oil

Due to a constantly increasing global energy demand on one side, and depletion of available hydrocarbon resources on another, a continuous search for new reserves of hydrocarbons is required (BP Energy Outlook 2035 [1]). Having in mind that estimated 22% of the world’s undiscovered petroleum is located in the Arctic, 84% of which is projected to be offshore (US Geology Survey [2]), the Arctic becomes a logical region of activities expansion for the oil and gas industry. Opposing large expected quantities of hydrocarbons that are to be found in the Arctic, there are also numerous challenges that need to be overcome in order to make production economically feasible. One of the segments of offshore production process that is expected to be influenced by Arctic conditions is upstream supply chain, or chain of delivery of products and services that are necessary for unhindered operation of an offshore field. Within upstream supply chain, it is expected that the configuration of Offshore Supply Vessel (OSV) fleet will be significantly affected by specific Arctic conditions, mainly by large distances to supply base as well as by environmental conditions. Therefore, this paper seeks to identify an optimal composition of OSV fleet taking into consideration specific Arctic conditions. A simulation model describes an upstream supply chain taking into consideration stochastic nature of environmental conditions in the Arctic. An optimization model is built on top of the simulation model in order to assess optimal configuration of the fleet with respect to operational costs. Simulation and optimization are run for a case of an offshore oil and gas field development in the Russian Arctic.

scholarly journals Rachael Lorna Johnstone, Offshore Oil and Gas Development in the Arctic under International Law: Risk and Responsibility (Leiden: Brill, 2015)

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bjarni Már Magnússon
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Oil And Gas Development ◽  
Offshore Oil And Gas ◽  
Offshore Oil

Book review of: Rachael Lorna Johnstone, Offshore Oil and Gas Development in the Arctic under International Law: Risk and Responsibility (Leiden, Brill), 2015, ISBN 978-90-042693-30, hardbound.

International Regulatory Challenges of New Developments in Offshore Nuclear Energy Technologies

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Redgwell ◽  
Efthymios Papastavridis
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Legal Rules ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
Offshore Oil And Gas ◽  
Lock In ◽  
Offshore Oil

This chapter explains the technological development of TNPPs and considers the imminence of construction and deployment offshore. We demonstrate that while there are legal rules of potential application to TNPPs, these do not constitute a comprehensive legal regulation framework. Are existing rules fit for purpose? For example, the IMO has adapted existing regulations to address offshore oil and gas activities in the Arctic (and Antarctic) in its ‘Polar Code’. . However, adapting existing legal rules may manifest pathway dependence mirroring the potential ‘technological lock-in’ of SMRs based on proven technology. The authors further observe that, just as climate change is characterized by polycentric governance, so too will questions of TNPP regulation cut across different fields of international law and different institutions—not just the IMO and IAEA.

Adopting Subsea Separation Technologies for Deepwater West-Africa: A Review Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ndubuisi Uchechukwu Okereke ◽  
Isaac Anayo Ogazi ◽  
Anitie Umofia ◽  
Nimi Abili ◽  
Nnaemeka Princewill Ohia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Separation ◽  
Liquid Phase ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Offshore Oil And Gas ◽  
Offshore Oil

Abstract Recent developments in offshore oil and gas production indicate a trend of deployment of subsea separation technologies in a reasonable number of offshore oil and gas fields in the Northsea and Offshore Brazil. Although Pazflor field Offshore Angola has adopted a vertical gravity separator, there is still a slow acceptance of this technology in Offshore West-Africa. This work reviewed over ten technical papers and also captured expert views; identifying some of the challenges and potential benefits of subsea separation technologies to deepwater West-Africa. Subsea separation of gas and liquid phase for instance creates the opportunity to overcome hydrostatic pressure in lifting the produced fluid to the topside Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel using single phase or hybrid pumps. Gas/liquid phase separation could also reduce possibility of flow assurance challenges like hydrates formation and slugging. In spite of these potential advantages, there are also challenges facing the deployment of subsea separation, especillay in West Africa oil fields. This work reviewed current trends, opportunities, challenges and best practices with respect to subsea separation. Also, possibility of a future driven by compact separators in deepwater environments was explored in this work. Strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis was conducted to identify the key technical challenges and opportunities of already deployed subsea separation technologies in Pazflor and Shell BC 10 field. Improved phase separation was identified as one of the key benefits of compact separators. The challenges in accessing installation vessels for deployment of gravity based subsea separators in West-Africa was also highlighted as one of the key technical challenge in the deployment of subsea separators in Offshore West-Africa. Recommendations for future subsea separation technologies application in Deepwater West-Africa was also done in this work.

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