Going northchallengeArctic escape, evacuation and rescue (EER)

2012-01-18

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Motivation

• Statoil is developing technology and operational procedures that allow the company to operate in a susainable manner in the Arctic – which is a new and exciting area with lots of potential.

• Two important factors will be key to get access to the Arctic; emergency response and environmental issues. In this challenge we will address human safety.

• The escape, evacuation and rescue (EER) routines needs adaptation to arctic conditions, e.g. ice, low temperatures, wind, waves and darkness.

• Arctic conditions can be punishing. We have to be prepared for challenges that we have not been exposed to before.

Do you have an innovative idea to solve the EER challenge?Think out of the box!

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Challenges

Successful solutions should take this into account:

The EER system should not pose a significant risk to personnel who may require to use it, and have at least one available escape route from manned areas to designated temporary refuge.

Escape

The escape route shall be safely located or otherwise protected. Either it’s a life boat or temporary refuge: It should protect from scenarios including fire, gas, ice and waves, slippery or blocked pathways.

Evacuation

There should be an available means of evacuation for all persons on board, and it should be located such that it can be safely boarded. The evacuation process shall safely transport people to safe distance from an emergency event, and shall provide critical protection and life support until rescue and recovery can be performed.

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Challenges

Successful solutions should take this into account:

Rescue

Rescue facilities should be provided in order to safely recover personnel from the sea or evacuation craft and transport them to a place of safety with appropriate medical facilities.

The time and means to rescue should be sufficient to give a good prospect for survival for all persons who have evacuated from the installation.

Both the evacuation and rescue solution should be prepared for different conditions: Open sea, ice, waves, temperatures, wind, snow, darkness, how to stay dry, dehydration, timeframe and general infrastructure.

Escape Evacuation Rescue

Temporary refuge Safe haven

Challenge:

Design a Craft

How can we create a Craft that is able to move away from the installation when launched on water/ice?

Q:

General requirements is that the craft will be surface born, operating either in or on the ice and water surface.

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1. The craft must have the ability to transit away from the installation to an area suitable for await rescue and recovery, say 500-2000m.

2. The evacuation system must be available to all persons on board the installation in circumstances that necessitate an evacuation. Use 150 people on board as an example, and more than one evacuation unit can be proposed (as for lifeboats today).

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4. Underwater evacuation is frequently considered and rejected, from a psychological and cost perspective rather than a technical one. Can you propose a solution that can overcome these obstacles?

3. Flying evacuation craft have typically not made it past a blue-sky thinking and options analysis, typically due to size and limited capacity. If you think it is possible to overcome this obstacles please feel free to propose solutions.

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2. The launching mechanism should be able to operate with a tilt/list of at least 15 degrees.

1. Year-round means of evacuation. This involves both open water and waves as well as ice floes and full ice cover with rubles, not only flat ice.

3. The evacuation system must be able to launch an evacuation craft and subsequently clear the installation in reasonable expected environment and emergency scenarios without harming the persons on board. The launching mechanism must make it possible to avoid the zone where ice is breaking into the installation.

Challenge:

Design a launching mechanism

Is it possible to create a launching mechanism which can handle arctic conditions for this Craft?

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Challenge:

Rescue people from an evacuation Craft

Do you know how to create a mechanism to rescue people from an evacuation Craft to a stand-by vessel, a helicopter (if available) or other safe haven places?

Q:

The evacuation craft must have the ability to protect the people on board form environmental conditions (low temperature, waves, icing etc.) and sustain life while awaiting rescue and recovery.

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2. A place provided where personnel can take refuge for a predetermined period whilst investigation, emergency response and evacuation preparation are undertaken

1. Evacuation free installations can actually be the solution with the highest success factor. ”Wait and burn out” are often enough – but do we dare? And then: Do we need a backup solution?

3. Survivability requirement for safety critical systems, PS14:“Evacuation means and temporary refuges shall be designed and protected for […] 30 minutes is regarded as a minimum for manned installations”

Evacuation free solutions

Is it possible to create solutions that will NOT depend on evacuation of people?

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Challenge:

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Thank you.