erling sæbø 24.08.2010 barents 2020: start-up phase 4 meeting in moscow 24 – 25 august 2010

Erling Sæbø 24.08.2010

Barents 2020: start-up phase 4

Meeting in Moscow 24 – 25 August 2010

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Barents 2020 project

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Barents 2020 project history

2007: The project was initially financed by the Norwegian Government to safeguard offshore petroleum activity in the High North

2008: Cooperation was established with Russian Industry and TK 23, bacause safe petroleum activity in the Barents Sea is a shared responsibility between Russia and Norway

2009: Barents 2020 phase 3 was a Russian – Norwegian cooperation project

Intention: Harmonisation of HSE standards between Russia and Norway to contribute to a uniform safety level across the national border and to support international industrial cooperation in the Barents Sea

130 International standards were assessed for application in the Barents Sea

2010: Barents 2020 Phase 4 has become an international joint industry project, in order to draw on a wider source of competence to address the arctic challenges of the Barents Sea.



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Barents 2020 – has become an international joint industry project

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Phase 1&2 Phase 3 Phase 4

Norwegian GovernmentIndustryTotal - Million NOK



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Barents 2020 project – more relevant than ever



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Arctic Challenges Low temperatures

- Working Environment- Cold Flow- Selection of materials

Ice- Sea ice and ice loads- Icebergs and Ice management- Icing

Darkness- Working environment- Rescue

Remoteness- Emergency preparedness- Transportation of personnel and equipment

Vulnerable Environment



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Barents Sea is not uniform with respect to ice and metocean conditions

Barents Sea = Coastline Tromsø – Ostrov Island (Kara Gate), West coast of

Novaya Zemlya, northern tip of NZ to north ofFranz Josef Land, shelf break to

NW of Spitsbergen, shelf break toTromsø

Coastal areas are included due to terminals, harbors, yards and future onshore

related plants, e.g. for LNG

Main Findings

- Ice and Metocean conditions vary in the Barents Sea, but are uniform within each numbered sub-area

- Waves and winds are lower than in North Sea

- Main difference from North Sea is ice and icing, and current standards do not cover these loads

- New standard ISO 19906 is a good basis for ice loads on arctic structures – however further guidance is required

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Platforms are different in the Arctic

Explosion and fire risk management: Cold and harsh climate require protection of personnel and process equipment by enclosing the process areas. Explosion and fire risk management is considered to an important area with respect to safe design of arctic offshore installations.

Ignition source control: Cold climate will require increased sheltering of hazardous areas. This reduces the ventilation rate compared to naturally ventilated areas, and may cause even a relatively small release of hydrocarbons to build up an ignitable gas cloud of sufficient size to expose an ignition source.

Sevan Hummingbird, North Sea Sevan Goliat, Barents Sea



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EER - Changes from North Sea Practice

EER: Escape, Evacuation and Rescue- Survival suits adapted to Arctic conditions;- Built-in or covered escape ways;- Temporary safe refuge for personnel

providing protection for days, rather than hours;

- Alternatives to free fall lifeboats in case of ice conditions;

- Hospital/medical capability on installations;- Better equipped standby vessels, adapted to

take on board new types of life crafts, and to suit man overboard rescues;

- Helicopters adapted to actual distances and climate conditions;



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Higher risk for Arctic Oil and Gas (Risk = Probability * Consequence)

Probability of failure

Risk Categories

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Medium

Very Low

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Consequence Insignificant Bad Catastrophic

Arctic; severity of consequences drives risks

Risk Reduction must take place throughprevention



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Project Scope: Agree common standards for the Barents Sea

Laws

National Regulations

Recommended International StandardsSolved phase 3

Detailed Industry Guidelines

Laws

National Regulations

Recommended International StandardsSolved phase 3

Phase 4 focus: Detailed Industry Guidelines



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Practical use of phase 3 Recommendations

Final report - phase 3 - has been sent to:

National (Russian and Norwegian) and international standardisation organisations (e.g. ISO) for consideration at next standard update

national regulators in Russia and Norway for information

operators and designers as input to project specifications until updated standards are available (may take several years)

research organisations and consultants as input for further work

Goal:

Harmonisation of Health, Safety and Environmental Protection Standards for the Barents Sea – as basis for better cooperation



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Barents 2020 phase 4 – purpose and deliverables

Phase 4 projects address recommendations from the phase 3 report

Phase 4 Working Groups shall produce concrete deliverables, e.g. guidance documents to support existing functional standards, especially ISO 19906

Focus is on the Barents Sea, but the work is pan arctic in scope, e.g. ice loads on floaters, risk assessment in cold climate, EER in cold climate, working environment and human factors, ice management, and emissions and discharges from ships and offshore units.

The aim is to fill a need in an interim period until industry standards are developed and or updated

International operators and OGP participate in phase 4, so we can involve the best arctic competence

Phase 4 project results may be freely used by operators, regulators, standardisation organisations, a. o.



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Приложение 1 Наименование тем для дальнейшей работы

No Task / Project/Наименование Schedule/ Время

RN02 Prepare Guidance to ISO 19906 for design of installations against ice-loads /

Разработка проекта Технического отчета ISO в части проектирования стационарных плавучих установок в Баренцевом море с учетом ледовых нагрузок

2010 - 2011

RN03 Conduct workshops on practical use of risk assessment, based for Barents Sea Installations/

Проведение семинаров по практическому применению методов для оценки риска установок в Баренцевом море

2010 - 2011

RN04 Prepare guidance document to ISO 19906 on Escape, Evacuation and Rescue for the Barents Sea

Разработка проекта Технического отчета ISO в части эвакуации и спасения персонала в Баренцевом море

2010 - 2011

RN05 Prepare Guidance to ISO 19906 for safe working environment for offshore activities in the Barents Sea

Разработка проекта Технического отчета ISO в части безопасной рабочей среды для персонала находящегося на борту судов и морских установок в Баренцевом море

2010 - 2011

RN06 Prepare Guidance for Ice management based on ISO 19906 for Barents Sea operations

Разработка проекта Технического отчета ISO в части управления ледовой обстановкой в Баренцевом море

2010 - 2011

RN07 Develop a regional environmental standard for the Barents Sea to reflect MARPOL Special Area (SA) requirements for discharges and emissions from oil and gas related ship traffic and offshore units

Разработка проекта практического руководства для нефтегазовых компаний по операционным выбросам в атмосферу и в море для условий Баренцева моря, включая применение требований MARPOL для особых зон

2010 - 2011



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Barents 2020 phase 4 – committed funding from sponsorsSponsor (contributions in million NOK)

1 Mill NOK = 5 Mill Roubles

In kind

Mill NOK

Financial

Mill NOK

Total

Mill NOK

SC membership1

Gazprom 3.5 *

Shtokman Development Company AG 1.35 0.65 2.0 *

Statoil 1.5 2.0 3.5 *

Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2.0 2.0

DNV 1.0 1.0 *

TOTAL 1.6 2.0 3.6 *

ENI Norge AS 2.0 2.0 *

The International Association of oil and gas producers – OGP.

1.0 1.0 2.0 *

Phase 3 sponsors continuing to support, e.g. Transocean, MossMaritime

1.0 0 1.0

Total funding 20.6

1: Other SC members will be Russian Rostekregulirovanie and Standards Norway



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Organisation of project work – phase 4

Steering Committee:- Gazprom, Statoil, SDAG, ENI, TOTAL, OGP, DNV, Standard Norway, Rostekregulirovanie

Project Management: Gazprom /TK 23 and DNV.

7 expert groups (Russian and International experts)

Each group will have a DNV coordinator, and a Russian coordinator appointed by TK 23, - as in phase 3.

First progress report for each group will be at the Barents 2020 conference in Moscow December 7-10, 2010, at VNIIGAZ

Final Results / Documents should be presented in December 2011.



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Barents 2020 phase 4 – coordinators / Баренц 2020, 4 фаза проекта - Координаторы

RN/ Группа Russian coordinator/ с российской стороны

Norwegian coordinator/ с норвежской стороны

Task Force; Status & Formatting of documents produced in phase 4/ Спец.группа по определению формата, содержания и статуса будущих документов

V.Vernikovsky/ В.Верниковский

T. Sildnes/ Т.Силднес

RN 02/ Группа 02 M.Mansurov/ М.Мансуров

L.I. Eide/ Л.Эйде

RN 03/ Группа 03 V.Lesnykh/ В.Лесных B.Paaske/ Б.Пааске

RN 04/ Группа 04 S.Kovalev/ С.Ковалев G. Cammaert/ Г.Каммаерт

RN 05/ Группа 05 A.Terekhov/ А.Терехов S.Sawhill/ С. Сохилл

RN 06/ Группа 06 D.Onishenko/ Д.Онищенко

M. Mejlaender-Larsen/ М.Меландер-Ларсен

RN 07/ Группа 07 E.Bukhgalter/ Э.Бухгалтер

S. Nesse/ С.Нэссе



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More than 100 Russian and Norwegian Experts participated in phase 32.Workshops in Norway in June 2009



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Program for 1. Expert meeting – Barents 2020 phase 4Monday 23.8 Tuesday 24.8 Wednesday 25.8

Travel to Moscow

08.30 Bus to VNIIGAZ

10.00 Plenum meeting for all groups to review plans for phase 4. Project manager and all coordinators present scope of work for all tasks.

(10 minutes each plus Q & A)

Check out of hotel

8.30 Bus to VNIIGAZ

10.00 Continue group meetings. Agree work plan until next workshop in December 2010

13.00 Lunch

14.00 Bus departure for airport (Sheremetievo)

Minibus for Baltschug

Taxi for Domodedovo

12.00 Lunch

Bus transport to hotel

13.00 7 Group meetings in 7 separate rooms

Discuss and agree group objectives and, how to use workshops to review progress, and the time in between for homework according to agreed plans

Stay at Baltschug Hotel 17.15 Bus transport to restaurant

18.30 Dinner for all participants

Depart from Moscow



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Working program for expert groups RN02 – RN07

24-25 August 2010

December 7-10, 2010

May 2011 September 2011 December 2011

Moscow Moscow Oslo ?? Moscow

Discuss and Agree group objectives and work plan

Present agreed list of content of recommended practice

Get format for report from RN01.

Progress Report to Barents 2020 conference at Vniigaz, - get feedback /correct direction

Draft report 50% ready,

Main problems identified and discussed

Draft report 95% ready

Discuss final, cosmetic changes only (1%?)

Present final report at VNIIGAZ conference



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Barents 2020 Final Conference in Moscow 17.12.2009



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Safeguarding life, property and the environment

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