DISKOS 20 Years of Service for Petroleum Geology Preface
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DISKOS 20 years of service for petroleum geology Preface This pamphlet is published in connection with the 20th anniversary of Diskos. The project is headed by the anniversary committee, which will be introduced later in the pamphlet. Through the experience gained by the authorities, oil companies and database suppliers, readers can make up their own minds regarding the significance of Diskos for the development on the Norwegian Shelf. Our ambition was to uncover the story behind Diskos, describe the present situation and outline the challenges of the future. Enjoy! Anniversary committee EDITORIAL TEAM Arnt Even Bøe Elin Aabø Lorentzen Arnt Even Bøe has written all of the articles PRODUCTION in this pamphlet. He has been a journalist for Print: Spesialtrykk his entire adult life. Over the past more than Paper: Arctic Volume 200/130 gr 20 years, he has worked as an energy journal- Print run: 250 ist in Stavanger Aftenblad, one of Norway’s most dedicated newspapers when it comes LAYOUT to keeping their readers informed regarding Arne Bjørøen the petroleum industry. He also has extensive ILLUSTRATION COVER experience as a commentator and editorialists in the Norwegian and international oil industry Lars Falck-Jørgensen and about energy and industry in general. He retired from Aftenbladet as a journalist in the www.diskos.no spring of 2011 and now works as an independ- ent communications adviser, freelance jour- © The Norwegian Petroleum nalist and author. He will publish his sixth book Directorate september 2015 this Christmas, titled Time is Money, which describes the establishment of the Norwegian oil regime from 1962-1973 through interviews ISBN 978-82-7257-196-1 with the people who took part. 2 Diskos 20 years Diskos 20 years 3 Contents Diskos in brief............................................................................................ .. 6 A typical Norwegian group effort ............................................................. 10 Press coverage of Diskos .......................................................................... 14 Controversial scientist and erotic discs ..................................................... 16 From Diskos and Edvard Grieg to Johan Sverdrup .................................. 18 Diskos throughout the value chain ......................................................... 20 Second to none ......................................................................................... 21 Instant access to everything ...................................................................... 23 Diskos goes next level ................................................................................ 27 Anniversary committee ............................................................................ 30 4 Diskos 20 years Diskos 20 years 5 Diskos in brief The general rule is that all oil companies on the checks the requests and is responsible for imple- Norwegian Shelf are required to submit copies of all menting the transactions. raw data related to seismic and drilling to the Nor- Throughout the years, several models have been wegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). The companies used for payment of the membership fee. Now, have to cover the cost of entering the data in Diskos, everyone pays the same, approx. NOK 400 000 a year, but this allows them to avoid expenses for storage whether they are major or minor users. The member- and administration of the data. All members have ship fee is exclusively used for administration, joint access to their own data in Diskos, and to data in the projects and operation of the system, most of the licences in which they have an ownership interest. funds go to CGG as the database operator. The authorities also encourage different licences The total value of the Diskos contracts, three with that are drilling in the same geological formation to CGG and one with Kadme, is approx. NOK 250 million exchange the information they collect from the sub- allocated over a six-year contract period. This figure surface. This is a win-win situation for both parties. is quite uncertain, as it is based on data volume forecasts. DATABASE OPERATORS ASSOCIATED MEMBERS Today, the Diskos databases are operated by CGG and Kadme. CGG operates the seismic, well and The 19 associated members (Non-Oil Companies) production database, while Kadme is the database are generally companies that aquire seismic (Spec operator for Trade (data exchange). All contracts run companies) and various consulting firms. They pay a to the end of 2020, with an option to extend for a fixed annual membership fee of about NOK 140 000. period up to three years. Otherwise, they pay the same as the oil companies to upload and extract data from the database, but as they cannot hold seats in Diskos’ governing bodies’ MEMBERSHIP (Management Committee and Steering Group), they do not have any influence on the cooperation. Diskos is intended for the oil companies. Upon membership, they achieve several simplifications related to submission of required data to the author- UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS ities, own use and sharing of data in the licences or through swaps and sales. Today, all operators and The universities and Geological Survey of Norway licensees on the Norwegian shelf are members of (NGU) are also a type of associated member, but Diskos, with the exception of the small company in another category: Universities and Government Skeie Energy AS. Non-Profit Research Organisations. They can become All companies that report data to Diskos pay members for free and can download a certain vol- CGG fixed rates at upload, but only the members can ume per year at no cost. retrieve the data again themselves. The rates are gov- erned by the contract. The price for retrieving seismic is calculated based on volume. Well data is paid per NON-MEMBERS wellbore on upload, but can be retrieved free of charge. The authorities, represented by the NPD, do Non-members do not have the same access to data not pay anything for retrieving seismic, but do not as the others and must obtain the information from generate any income from Diskos either. Diskos as a “public user”. This means that they can The Diskos members, together with general request access to non-confidential public documents commercial players within exploration data, can also in the usual manner and request physical copies trade information on a voluntary basis or sell and (digital data delivered on magnetic tape or USB buy from each other. The companies handle this part drives). Since this service is more labour-intensive, of the process themselves through the so-called it can cost up to 10 times as much as the members “Geodata Trade Operator” (GTO) in cooperation with who receive data online. Diskos. The orders are then sent to Kadme, which 6 Diskos 20 years Diskos 20 years 7 Antall medlemmer THE 57 MEMBERS (at July 2015) MEMBERS IN DISKOS A/S Norske Shell Repsol Exploration Norge AS 70 Atlantic Petroleum Norge AS RN Nordic Oil AS Bayerngas Norge AS Skagen44 AS 60 BG Norge Limited Spike Exploration Holding AS Members Associated members BP Norge AS Statoil Petroleum AS 50 Capricorn Norge AS Suncor Energy Norge AS Centrica Energi Svenska Petroleum Exploration AS 40 Chevron Norge AS Talisman Energy Norge AS 30 Concedo ASA Total E&P Norge AS ConocoPhillips Norge Tullow Oil Norge AS 20 Core Energy AS VNG Norge AS Dana Petroleum Norway AS Wintershall Norge AS 10 DEA Norge AS Det norske oljeselskap ASA 0 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 DONG E&P Norge AS ASSOCIATED MEMBERS: E.ON E&P Norge AS CGG Services (Norway) AS Edison Norge AS Dolphin Geophysical Eni Norge AS EMGS ASA EACH MEMBER’S SHARE OF THE JOINT COSTS IN DISKOS EnQuest Norge AS Envision AS Gj snitt pr selskap Mill NOK Explora Petroleum AS Estimages Norge AS 3,0003,0 ExxonMobil Explor. and Prod. Norway AS Exploration Geosciences Faroe Petroleum Norge AS Exploro AS Fortis Petroleum Norway AS First Geo AS 2,5002,5 GDF Suez E&P Norge AS Ikon Science Hess Norge AS Landmark Graphics AS 2,0002,0 Idemitsu Petroleum Norge AS Multiclient Invest AS (PGS) INPEX Norge AS ORG Geophysical AS KUFPEC Norway AS Rock Solid Images Inc. 1,5001,5 Lime Petroleum Norway AS Schlumberger Information Solutions AS Lotos Exploration & Production Norge AS Searcher Seismic ASA 1,0001,0 Lukoil Overseas North Shelf AS Spectrum Lundin Norway AS TGS-NOPEC Maersk Oil Norway AS Well Design Online AS 0,5000,5 MOECO Oil & Gas Norge AS WesternGeco AS MOL Norge AS 0,0 Noreco Norway AS 0,000 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 North Energy ASA UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS: Oljedirektoratet University of Oslo OMV (Norge) AS University of Bergen Origo Exploration AS University of Stavanger Petoro AS University of Tromsø Petrolia Norway AS Norwegian University of Science and PGNiG Upstream International AS Technology in Trondheim Premier Oil Norge AS Geological Survey of Norway in Trondheim Pure E&P Norge AS (NGU) 8 Diskos 20 years Diskos 20 years 9 tually Mobil, it was quite obvious that cooperation director of resources Arild Nystad established a sep- Diskos-veteran Kjell Reidar Knudsen: in certain areas, instead of competition, would reap arate department for data administration and asked major benefits for us all. By storing the data in the department head Kjell Reidar Knudsen to take re- same place, everyone would gain easier access to sponsibility for this. This resulted in more streamlined larger data volumes when the confidentiality period data management internally in the NPD, and the - A typical Norwegian group effort ended, and it would also become easier before this launch of the High Quality Log Data project (HQLD) time when licensees in the same production licence as the first joint project that benefitted the entire oil wanted to share information. The costs of reporting industry. At the same time, Statoil had invested in “Without the well-known Norwegian community volunteering spirit, we would have never to the NPD, storage and quality assurance would also its internal Seismic data storage project, and Saga made it this far.