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Dreki Area Pre-Round Introduction - Stavanger 2011
6 June 2011, Stavanger Oil Museum
Chair: Larus Olafsson, Senior Legal Advisor, NEA
08:30-09:00 REGISTRATION/COFFEE
09:00-09:15 Opening Remarks
- Dr. Gudni A. Johannesson, Director General of NEA
09:15-09:30 Licensing of the Dreki Area
- Thorarinn Arnarson, NEA
09:30-09:45 The New Icelandic Hydrocarbon Fiscal Regime
- Thordur Reynisson, Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism
09:45-10:15 Iceland Frontier Exploration - Potential Review of the Jan Mayen
Micro-Continent
- Anett Blischke, Iceland GeoSurvey
10:15-10:50 COFFEE
10:50-11:10 Geology of the Jan Mayen Microcontinent
- Christian Magnus, Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
11:10-11:30 Seismic from the Jan Mayen Ridge, JMR-01 & JMR-08 Surveys
- Jan Dalene, CGGVeritas
11:30-12:00 Discussion
12:00-13:00 LUNCH
Iceland
Licensing of the Dreki Area
Thorarinn Arnarson
Stavanger
6 June 2011
Presentation topics
• Licensing
• Environmental conditions
• Geological and geophysical data
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• Set to open 1 August 2011
• Deadline for applications 1 February
2011
• Norway (Petoro) may participate as an
active partner with up to 25% in any
licence granted within the agreement
area
• Licensing system similar to other
European countries – Hydrocarbons Act
transposes EU Directive 94/22/EC into
Icelandic law
Jan Mayen
Agreement
Area
Second Icelandic licensing
round – northern Dreki Area
Feedback after first round• Hydrocarbon tax system in need of
improvement
• No standard JOA
• Clarification of an issue with ESA regarding
registration of companies
• More data would be good
Preparations for second round• Revision of terms
– JOA
– Fiscal terms
• Taxation of hydrocarbon activities
• Necessary changes due to JOA
– Hydrocarbon Act improvement
• Discussion with Norway on the practicalities of
their right to participate
• Cooperation with Norway on research
Terms of second round• Not a pre-defined a limit on sizes of license
areas
• Standard JOA to be submitted as part of
documentation
– Similar to Norwegian JOA
• Company arrangement for licensees similar to
Norwegian model
Terms of second round• ESA-complaint regarding registration of
companies handled in modification of
Hydrocarbons Act
– Branch or agency of company registered in an
EEA country sufficient for registration
• ESA-complaint regarding bases handled
similarly as Norway
Environmental conditions
Climate and sea ice• Cold oceanic climate
• Mean temp. < 10°C all year round – ca. 5 to 8 °C in summer, -2 to 0 °C in winter
• Yearly precipitation ca. 700 mm. Winter lows give snow up to 25 to 30 cm/day
• Mean wind speed ca. 10 m/s in winter, but 6 m/s in summer. Over half of obs. < 12 m/s.
• Frequent fogs in summer, icing during winter
• The edge of sea ice has been north and west of
the area since the cold period 1965–71; not
considered to be a problem
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Surface currents in the North-Atlantic
Currents• Measurements conducted by
taking ADCP profiles from a
ship and by an anchored
mooring
• Bottom current velocity in the
area on the order of 5 cm/s
Dynamic surface elevation (Mortensen 2004)
Highest wave – 98%, 1 yr og 100 yr
98%
1 yr [m]
100 yr [m]
Wave height in the Dreki Area is less than at the west-coast of Norway
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Main conclusions of the SEA
• Water depths 1000 to 2000 m in 80% of the area
• Great variability in biomass and consequently in habitats
• The area is important feeding ground for pelagic fish, especially herring, and possibly for whales
• On-site current measurements needed (collected 2007-2008)
• Need for registration and mapping of delicate habitats of benthic species (started in 2008)
• No information on demersal fish in the area (investigated in 2009)
Geophysical and geological data
Available data information system
Iceland Continental Shelf Portal
ORKUSTOFNUNNational Energy Authority
Online GIS based web-portal (National Energy Authority & Iceland Geosurvey)
http://www.icsp.is
2D Seismic reflection data surveys over the Jan Mayen Area
ORKUSTOFNUNNational Energy Authority
NPD-NEA SurveysCommercial Surveys
2009 Spectrum
commercial survey,
reprocessed JM-85 &
JM-88 data
2009 CGG Veritas,
reprocessed part of the
IS-JMS-01 data
Academic ODP & DSDP cruises
• 5 wells during Leg 38 in 1974
• 1 well during Leg 151 in 1993
• 2 wells during Leg 162 in 1995
USSR 1973 & NEA-NPD 2010
• 5 seafloor samples in 1973
• 25 samples on the North Dreki
area, piston coring device, most
samples >2m penetration, 2010
Borehole & seafloor samples
in the Jan Mayen area& ODP
Cruises
ORKUSTOFNUNNational Energy Authority
ORKUSTOFNUNNational Energy Authority
GGA,2005 - (http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/heatflow/ODPReprt.pdf)
Global geothermal gradient, heat flow & thermal
conductivity study
High resolution, multibeam
bathymetric surveys
• 2008 (Marine Research
Institute & NEA)
• 2010 (NPD) – Norwegian
area
ORKUSTOFNUNNational Energy Authority
Seismic reflection & refraction surveys in the Jan
Mayen area
ORKUSTOFNUNNational Energy Authority
Important OBS Data ResearchAcademic Surveys
ORKUSTOFNUNNational Energy Authority
North Atlantic - Free Air Gravity DataCanadian Geological Survey
North Atlantic - Magnetic Anomaly DataCanadian Geological Survey
ORKUSTOFNUNNational Energy Authority
ORKUSTOFNUNNational Energy Authority
North Atlantic - Bouguer Gravity Anomaly DataKarl Gunnarsson & Hjálmar Eysteinsson, 1995
JMMCJMMC
JASJAS--1111
JAS-05
IcelandIceland
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JASJAS--11: A collaboration project between NGU, NPD and 11: A collaboration project between NGU, NPD and OrkustofnunOrkustofnun
The new aeromagnetic survey will provide a comprehensive and state of the art The new aeromagnetic survey will provide a comprehensive and state of the art
aeromagnetic dataset of the Norway Basinaeromagnetic dataset of the Norway Basin
Kolb
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The data acquisition will start during summer
2011 and is scheduled for completion by the
end of September 2011
Contact person: L. Gernigon
NGU - Geological Survey of Norway, Trondheim
Fill the gaps !
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Line/tie-line spacing: 6 km / 20 km
Sensor elevation: approx. 230 m
Area coverage: 80,000 km²
Total flying distance: 17.600 km
Aeroplane: Piper Chieftain (?)
Magnetometer:Scintrex Cesium Vapour
MEP410
Noise envelope: 0.1 nT
Sensor: CS-3 mounted in towed bird
Navigation: Real time differential GPS
Navigation accuracy: < 5 m
Base magnetometer: Scintrex Envi-mag
JMMCJMMC
JASJAS--1111
New survey configurationPrevious NGU aeromagnetic compilation
Summary
• Second licensing round on Icelandic
continental shelf
– Set to open on 1 August 2011
– Deadline for applications set for 1 February 2012
Thanks for your attention
Acknowledgements:
Kristinn Einarsson, Inga Dóra Gudmundsdóttir, Lárus Ólafsson, Thorvaldur
Bragason at NEA;
Anett Blischke, Karl Gunnarsson, Gunnlaugur M. Einarsson, Bjarni Richter,
Steinar Thor Gudlaugsson at Iceland Geosurvey