Energy exploitation in the Arctic Ocean

Finn Roar Aamodt, Statoil

View from Aker Barents

during drilling of the Havis

discovery in the Barents

Sea

Arctic – the next frontier

• The Arctic will become a key

source of energy to meet future

demand

• New technology is vital in

developing Arctic resources in a

sustainable manner

• The Barents Sea provides a

gateway to the Arctic

Classification: Confidential 2011-12-19 2

Greenland/E.

Canada

~52 Bboe

Huge oil and gas potential

• Vast sedimentary basins

• Around 20 % of the world’s

YTF conventional oil and gas

• Some of the least explored

basins on Earth

Maximum ice

cover

2011-2012

Exploration

Production

Development Project

Statoil in the Arctic

Chukchi Sea,

Alaska, USA

Beaufort Sea,

Canada

Newfoundland

& Labrador,

Canada

West

Greenland

Barents Sea,

Norway

Barents Sea,

Russia

Sea of Okhotsk,

Russia

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• World’s northernmost LNG facility at

70 degrees North

• Annual capacity of 5 million tonnes

LNG, production period from 2007 to

2040+

• The world’s longest unprocessed

multiphase pipeline - 143 km

• Injection/Storage of CO2 equal to

emissions from 280,000 vehicles

Snøhvit First gas development in the Barents Sea

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Goliat

First oil development in the Barents Sea

Licensees:

Eni Norge AS 65 % (operator) Statoil ASA 35 %

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~7 km

Skrugard field development

Discoveries Concept

selection

Investment

decision

First oil

ambition

Skrugard April 2011

Havis January 2012 2013 2014 2018

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Barents Sea exploration 2013

Skrugard area

• Growth exploration to prove additional

resources

Hoop area

• Frontier exploration

Hammerfest Basin

• Growth exploration close to existing

discoveries

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* Appraisal drilling planned in case of a discovery

Snøhvit Goliat

Askepott

Ensis

Atlantis

Apollo*

Kramsnø

Skavl

Iskrystall

Nunatak

Skrugard

Havis

2013 planned Statoil drilling activity

Wisting

Partner operated licenses

Statoil operated licenses

Other licenses

Planned non-operated wells

Planned Statoil operated wells

Discoveries 2011/2012

Greater Barents Sea

Exiting future:

• 22 Round Norway

• Rosneft agreement

• Opening of new areas

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Mareano

• Bathymetry

• Topography

• Geology

• Habitats

• Biodiversity

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Integrated Environmental Monitoring

Key activities

• Sensor technology

• Communication infrastructure

• Data access and management

• Information workspaces,

collaboration and work practices

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Metocean

Key activities

• In-situ measuring of ice

parameters in the Barents Sea

• Sea ice and iceberg drift

modeling

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Sea ice & iceberg management

Key activities

• Technology for detection, tracking

and forecasting

• Satellite and ship radar technology

• Physical ice management, e.g. ice

breaking and iceberg towing

• Towing automation systems

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Calculation and forecasting of marine icing

Key activities

• Development of numerical

methods

• Field testing of icing accretion

• Sea spray modeling with CFD

• Field data of sea spray of

offshore vessels

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Floating production units for year round production

Key activities

• Load & response of moored

structures in ice and waves

• Topside winterization

• Disconnection systems

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Ice-going service and supply vessels

Key activities

• Arctic shuttle tanker design

• Optimized Construction and

Intervention Vessel for Arctic

marine operations

• Arctic route optimization

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Safety and working conditions

Key activities

• Human behaviour in cold climate

operations

• Personnel clothing and weather

protection

• Winterization - Active weather

panels

• Boarding tools and methods for

ice operations

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Escape, Evacuation and Rescue systems

Key activities

• Ice capable evacuation crafts

• Ice-strengthened lifeboat

• David system for lifeboat

launching onto ice

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Oil spill response in arctic conditions, including ice

Key activities

• Oil detection and tracking

• Mechanical recovery devices

• Effective use of dispersants

• Controlled in-situ burning of oil

with and without fire-booms

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Crossing energy frontiers

Technology will unlock

the far north

Thank you